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‘Spot the Winner’ Again: Another Horse in Ulysses

‘Spot the Winner’ Again: Another Horse in Ulysses VIVIEN IGOE Of the many sporting activities cited in Ulysses, horse racing is certainly featured most often. Fourteen racehorses are mentioned by name and referred to in ten of the episodes of the novel. These include Ceylon, Fair Rebel, John O'Gaunt, Maximum II, Nevertell, Prophesy (Prophecy), Repulse, Saint Amant, Saint Frusquin, Sceptre, Shotover, Sir Hugo, Throwaway, and Zinfandel. The names of some of the jockeys are also part of Ulysses, such as O. Madden (1872­1942; see Plate 5), Sceptre's jockey in the Ascot Gold Cup; Morny Cannon (1873­1962) who rode Zinfandel, the horse favoured to win the 1904 Gold Cup, and whose great nephew is the racing legend Lester Piggott, and William Lane (1883­1920), who rode Throwaway in the Gold Cup, `A whacking fine whip, said Lenehan, is W. Lane. Four winners yesterday and three today' (U 14.1136­7; see Plate 1). An account of thirteen of the racehorses was given in the last issue of the in `Spot the Winner': Some of the Horses in Ulysses'. John O'Gaunt (1901­24; see Plates 2 and 3) is included here to complete the list. `Bad luck to big Ben Dollard and his John O'Gaunt. He put me off it' (U 8.839). http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Dublin James Joyce Journal James Joyce Research Center @ University College Dublin

‘Spot the Winner’ Again: Another Horse in Ulysses

Igoe, Vivien.
Dublin James Joyce Journal , Volume 5 (5) – Mar 10, 2012
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VIVIEN IGOE Of the many sporting activities cited in Ulysses, horse racing is certainly featured most often. Fourteen racehorses are mentioned by name and referred to in ten of the episodes of the novel. These include Ceylon, Fair Rebel, John O'Gaunt, Maximum II, Nevertell, Prophesy (Prophecy), Repulse, Saint Amant, Saint Frusquin, Sceptre, Shotover, Sir Hugo, Throwaway, and Zinfandel. The names of some of the jockeys are also part of Ulysses, such as O. Madden (1872­1942; see Plate 5), Sceptre's jockey in the Ascot Gold Cup; Morny Cannon (1873­1962) who rode Zinfandel, the horse favoured to win the 1904 Gold Cup, and whose great nephew is the racing legend Lester Piggott, and William Lane (1883­1920), who rode Throwaway in the Gold Cup, `A whacking fine whip, said Lenehan, is W. Lane. Four winners yesterday and three today' (U 14.1136­7; see Plate 1). An account of thirteen of the racehorses was given in the last issue of the in `Spot the Winner': Some of the Horses in Ulysses'. John O'Gaunt (1901­24; see Plates 2 and 3) is included here to complete the list. `Bad luck to big Ben Dollard and his John O'Gaunt. He put me off it' (U 8.839).

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