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Northern Handicap, in One Act's year, as neither she 

 nor anything else of the same age could give him 7 lb. 

 when fit. But that is the question. I think that, like 

 the rest of their horses, he had to train himself by 

 running in public races, and was not really fit until 

 much later, when he showed himself a good horse by his 

 victory in the Goodwood Stakes, as a three-year-old, 

 carrying 7 st. 8 lb. He also won the Manchester Cup, 

 and the same year ten other races. Barber had also 

 running about this time, Commotion, Prince of Denmark, 

 Prince of Orange, Potty Peachum, and Lord Nelson, 

 which did him good service. Prince of Orange was an 

 unlucky horse, or badly managed, as he only won five 

 races out of twenty-two that he ran for, and in one of 

 these he beat Yellow Jack at even weights, who was, as 

 usual, second. For several years the two men did little 

 beyond winning a host of small races, though now and 

 then a fair stake fell to their share. Saxon was unlucky 

 with Kennyside Hero in only getting second for the 

 Stewards' Cup at Goodwood, and doubly unlucky in the 

 sense that had the prize fallen to him, it would have 

 added greatly to the other trophies already adorning his 

 splendid sideboard. Again, he was unfortunate with 

 Queen Bess, in the Cesare witch ; for after running a 

 dead-heat with El Hakim and Prioress, she was beaten 

 in the deciding heat, over which he lost a heavy stake. 

 Other horses did Saxon good service, amongst them Mary, 

 Tom Thumb, Ancient Briton, Lady Hereford, and Princess 

 Eoyal. It will be seen that, like Mr. Barber, he showed 

 himself in the naming of his horses devotedly attached 

 to the Crown, and remained to the last an enthusiastic 

 admirer of Eoyalty. He made a mistake in running 

 Misty Morn in a selling race at Chester, where he was 

 claimed. On another occasion, in a selling race at 



