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........... ...-...-, • ! I IROQUOIS AND FOXHALLS j JUBILEE— 1881-1931. America and Iroquois, ; Just fifty years today At Epsom Downs oer England, , Was hero of the fray. That he should have won the Guineas And claimed the triple crown Was proven in the Derby When Peregrine went down. In those old days Americans Were always known as Yanks. And with Foxhall and Iroquois They loaded up their banks. Theres but one other did the trick That Foxhall did that year. The two big back-end handicaps, He t»ok em over here. They were the real ambassadors, They made a real show. I wish we had more like em To go and get the dough. Oh, yes, it was a glorious year, That eighteen-eighty-one. And further crowned with an Ascot Cup That Keenes nero won. — Kildare. Note — Peregrine won the 2,000 Guineas and was second in the Derby. Foxhall won Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire Handicaps. •
