The Derby was run on an unusually hot day in front of an estimated crowd of 250, 000 including the Spion Kop . he again failed to stay and finished unplaced behind the four-year-old Buchan, who won from Silvern and Allenby.
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The Irish hero Cuchulainn is described keeping nine apples, and his shield, and his sword in the air, that none of them fell to the ground . Similarly, in The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel, a juggler named Tulchinne is described with nine swords in his hand, and nine silvern shields, and nine apples of gold .
