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good horse^ and he had a bad run in the Gup, Or I 

 think he would have been nearer. Some people go so 

 far as to say he would have beaten Malvolio; but this 

 I cannot agree with. Mr. Forrester always maintains 

 that Highborn finished third in this race, and so I 

 thought. However, the black fellow ran well enough 

 with his weight to show he was a good horse at a 

 distance. 



Mr. McCulloch, the judge, told me in Scott's, next 

 morning, that it was a case of neck and neck for third 

 place in this race, but Strathmore just beat Highborn 

 in the last stride. That last stride did Highborn's 

 owner out of a thousand for third money, and also 

 sundry place bets. Although Malvolio was a good 

 horse, I never had much fancy for him after his Cup 

 win, and it must have taken a lot out of him. 



There was some trouble about paying over the 

 stakes in this race. Mr. E. de Mestre put in a claim 

 for them, on the ground that he owned Madcap, the 

 dam of Malvolio, and had merely lent her to Mr. Red- 

 fearn. This Mr. Redfearn denied; and I think Mr. 

 de Mestre was ill-advised to make the claim he did. 

 Malvolio's owner got the stakes, and rightly so. 



Three very sensational Cups followed this win of 

 Malvolio's, and, as a rule, there is plenty of excitement 

 over a Melbourne Cup. 



In 1892 Camoola won the Derby. He was a hot 

 favourite ; but the result proved he had not so 



