 Ladas had a series of training problems which kept him off the course for most of the season and he was also becoming " short @-@ tempered and impetuous " . He made his belated seasonal reappearance at Newmarket on September 27 when he ran in the £ 10 @,@ 000 Jockey Club Stakes . Although Ladas was reported to be running with only two sound legs , he was his owner 's first choice ahead of his 1895 Derby winner , Sir Visto . Carrying top weight of 142 pounds , he raced in third place for most of the way but weakened in the closing stages . He finished fourth of the eleven runners behind horses named <unk> , None The Wiser and <unk> . Despite Ladas 's disappointing season , Rosebery turned down a reported offer of £ 20 @,@ 000 for the colt , preferring instead to retire him to his own stud . 
