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of the Frenchman. However, a Derby trial was considered 

 necessary, and this is what happened : 



One mile and a half. 



Giving 8 Ibs. to the winner of the last year's Oaks, and they 

 laid 5 to 2 against him for the Derby. 



To each of these three trials is appended the same simple 

 comment ' Won as he liked ' a chapter in four words. He 

 was a difficult horse to train, his fetlock joints, especially when 

 in hard work, causing much anxiety, and on an ankle he bore 

 the scar from one of those paddock fights mentioned in the 

 earlier pages of this volume. 



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