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ANSWERS TO QUERIES B W S Literally a fetlock is a tuft of hair that grows behind the horses pastern from the ankle joint but the large pastern a little above and behind the hoof is commonly called the fetlock fetlockJ J B Toronto Out Amateur riders are not barred from riding in the English classics As a matter of fact Mr George Thursby rode two seconds in the Knsom Derby He rode John o Gaunt behind St Auiunt iii 1904 and Picton behind Spearmint in 1900 W W J St Catherines Ont The richest stakes ever run for in England were the 1894 Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket of about 00500 with 50510 to the winner Isinglass and the Prince of Wales Stakes of 1889 at Leicester worth 00000 of which the winner Donovan received 55000
