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medicine agreed with him, and for the next two seasons 

 he was generally first or second, nor it will be seen was 

 his constitution injured. After winning this race entered 

 to be sold for ^50, as just remarked, he was bought by 

 Lord Sefton for 650 guineas, though this did not turn 

 out by any means a good bargain for his new owner. 



Leamington's next essay at Manchester has already 

 been described. His only other success that season was 

 at Hooton Park, where he took the Plodders' Steeple- 

 chase. In 1907 again he added only one more to his 

 score, nor can it be said that much credit was due to him. 

 At Tenby he only had a single opponent, the five-year- 

 old Mar Lodge II., who fell and broke his back, leaving 

 Leamington to finish by himself, and that was the end 

 of him, except that I have omitted mention of a race in 

 France for which he was sent over in 1904, as a 

 six-year-old. 



The Auteuil course was in fact peculiarly unsuitable 

 for Leamington, in consequence of his inability to jump 

 water, a weak place in his equipment to which I have 

 previously referred. Most readers are aware that 

 besides the big water jump in front of the stands there 

 is an unguarded brook, just the sort of obstacle more 

 than likely to interfere with an animal who is not good 

 at this particular game. Among the fourteen who 

 started for the Grand Steeplechase de Paris this year 

 were four English horses, Leinster, third favourite at 

 7 to I, Fairland a 20 to i chance, Patlander 30 to i, 



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