WINDSOR LAD'S RECOVERY

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 140, 16 June 1939, Page 13

WINDSOR LAD'S RECOVERY

The stallion Windsor Lad who was operated upon recently for a tumour near the brain and for whom little hope was at first held is now reported to have made a remarkable recovery. The son of Blandford won the Derby for the Maharaja of Rajpipla in 1934, and shortly after his success was purchased from the Indian potentate by Mr. Martin Benson for £50,000. For Mr. Benson Windsor Lad won the St. Leger, and later was retired to his owner's Beech House Stud at Newmarket at a fee of 400 guineas-. According to the latest "Sporting Life, Windsor Lad has made good progress after his operation, which was performed by Professor O'Connor on Sunday, April 30, and four days later had a spell in the paddock behind Professor Bailey Reynolds's surgery at Newmarket. He grazed quietly and. looked extremely well. At the annual conference of the Irish Veterinary Medical Association Professor O'Connor expressed the opinion that Windsor Lad had good prospects of making a complete recovery. Recently Windsor Lad was represented by hir first runner, a colt named Sovereignty, who defeated a field of smart youngsters in the Grove Park Plate at Warwick. Sovereignty is owned by Mrs. R. C. Evans, who purchased him for 500 guineas as a yearling.