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YOUR MAJESTY A ST LEGER WINNER WINNERLondon London September 9 At Doncaster today the St Irgor was won hy J 15 Jloels hay colt Your Ma ¬ jesty by Persimmon Yours with Mr W Hall SVakers chestnut colt White Eagle by Gallinule Merry Cal second and air Leopold de Roths hilds hay colt Santo Strato hy Victor Wild or St Friisquin 1ie Powder third Ten horses started King Edward viewed the race and the usual huge crowd was present presentTho Tho St Ieger Is run over the Town Moor course it Doncaster and the distance covered is one mile and three piarters and 132 yards It is the last of the three great English races dignified by the appellation classic the other two being the Two Thousand nlncas and the Epsom Derby The race is of the guaranteed value of GrOO sovereigns or approxi ¬ mately ° 2500 To Americans this year it was vested with a tinge of patriotic interest from the fact that the Americanbred colt Norman III was deemed to have a great chance of winning it rid in recent antepost iMtting was the favorite He appears to have been soundly beaten however even bv his stablcmato Santo Strato Hy adding the St Leger to his already imposing list of victories Your Majesty lias firmly established his right to be called the best threeyearold coit iu Kngland KnglandThe The history of the St Ieger since 1SOO is shown in the table lielow lielowYear Year Owner winner sire and jockey Time 1690 Duke of Portlands br f Memoir by St StSimon Simon J Watts 313J 313J1SH 1SH Sir V Johnstones br c Common bv Is Isonomy onomy U Karrett 3lls 1592 Baron StSimon de Hirschs hr f Ia Fleche hy St Simon J Watts 3143 1593 II McCahnouts b c Isinglass by Isouo Isouomy my T Loates 3133 31331SII4 1SII4 Lord Allngtons h f Throstle by Pe ¬ trarch M Cannon 312i 312iIM5 IM5 Lord UoselKrys b c Sir Visto bv Bar Barcaldine caldine S Loates 318 318ISflG ISflG Prince of Wales Persimmon by St Si ¬ mon J Watts 320 1697 Sir Guhhins b c Caltce More liy Ken Kendal dal C Wood 33U 33U1S9S 1S9S Captain Groers ch c Wildfowler by byGallinule Gallinule C Wood 313 313LSOO LSOO Duke of Westminsters h c Flying Fox Foxby by Orme M Cannou 313 313IlOO IlOO Prince of Wales b c Diamond Jubilee JubileeIjy Ijy St Simon II Jones 3OUJ 3OUJlOl lOl L de Rothschilds b c Doriclcs by Flo Florizel rizel II K Cannon 3083 3083W02 W02 K S Sieviers b f Sceptre by Persim ¬ mon Hardy 312j 312jlJO1 lJO1 Sir J Millers br c Rock Sand by Sain Sainfoin foin D Maher 309fi 309fi100J 100J Major Eustace Lodcrs di f Pretty Polly Pollybr br Gallinule W Laue 305J 305J1W5 1W5 WM G Singers br c Challacombe by bySt St Serf O Madden 305j 15100 Duke of Westminsters hr c TroutbecU TroutbecUby by Ladas G Stern 3OJi 1007 Colonel E W Bairds b c Wool Winder Winderby by Martagon W Halsey 305 11 OS J P Joels b c Your Majesty by Per ¬ simmon Walter Uriggs
