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that in all probability he had the Cesarewitch at his mercy 

 with Corisande, and a large sum of money to boot if only he 

 could manage a quiet trial. He accordingly ordered Hannah 

 to be despatched at once to Newmarket, greatly to the disgust 

 of his trainer. In vain Hayhoe prayed and remonstrated 

 Meyer de Rothschild was nothing if not a practical man, and 

 he liked the public to * follow the Baron,' not to precede him, 

 in the investment of their money upon his horses. So he had 

 his way, as every owner should. Home went Hannah, and 

 about sunrise on the Friday morning, she and Corisande were 

 tried two miles on the July side at even weights ; and the 

 latter won a head. 



Beside those immediately concerned not a soul saw this 

 trial except one solitary individual an important exception 

 too, for he was a well-known Newmarket tout. However, 

 he had his price, and promised not to tell what he had seen, 

 on condition of 'standing' with Joseph Hayhoe. It seems 

 that there is honour amongst touts as well as amongst thieves 

 (almost convertible terms, by the way), and so well did the 

 horse-watcher keep his word, that Mr. Perry, the stable com- 

 missioner, was enabled to take 10,000 to 300 on the Saturday. 



That the trial was good enough no one could doubt, and 

 Corisande, carrying Maidment and 7 st. 12 Ibs., polished off her 

 twenty-six opponents in the Cesarewitch with some ease, amongst 

 them being Cardinal York, who was second, who had won the 

 race the previous year as a four-year-old with 7 st. 8 Ibs., and who 

 on this occasion was giving Corisande 16 Ibs. for the two years 

 between them, or 3 Ibs. more than weight for age. 



By parity of reasoning, Favonius should that year have won 

 the Cambridgeshire, had he not been pricked in shoeing ; for 

 in 1872, after he had been beaten at Ascot from want of con- 

 dition by Henry in the Gold Cup, and by Musket and others in 

 the Alexandra Plate, he was put into strong work, and tried with 

 Corisande, to whom he gave a stone and beat her easily, thus 

 proving his form to be, when fit, from 16 Ibs. to 18 Ibs. better 

 than the two mares. 



