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very badly, and seemed to have entirely lost her 

 form. She ran a few thnes afterwards, but was 

 never her old self, and frequently displayed tem- 

 per when in a crowd of horses. 



As a brood mare Lily Agnes has made a great 

 reputation, and she is one of the few examples to 

 be found of a first-class racing mare being an 

 exceptional success at the stud. Mr. Snarry sold 

 her to the Duke of Westminster in 1880, when 

 in foal to Doncaster. Rossington, the first foal 

 she bred for His Grace, was a moderate animal, 

 but his own sister, Farewell, won the One 

 Thousand Guineas, and ran respectably once or 

 twice afterwards, though she could scarcely be 

 called a high-class racehorse. 



The Duke of Westminster was of opinion that 

 Doncaster did not nick with the Agnes mares, 

 and tried Bend Or. This infusion of Melbourne 

 blood proved the greatest success. Ormonde's 

 long string of victories, all but one of them 

 obtained with the greatest of ease, stamp him as 

 undoubtedly the best horse of the century ; and 

 are a splendid tribute to the judgment of the 

 Duke. It should be borne in mind that Ormonde 

 had to meet some exceptionally good horses, The 

 Bard, Minting, and Bendigo having all beaten 

 the record,""' and indeed the two former have never 



* The only time either of these horses was beaten, except by 

 Ormonde, Avas when the Bard ran second to Eiversdale, to whom 

 he was giving 2st. 31b., in the Manchester Cup. 



