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olds that could beat such a flyer as Blair Athol 

 at even weights. 



That the pair were very much overrated sub- 

 sequent events showed very clearly, but that they 

 were so moderate as their Avhilom admirers called 

 them is by no means clear. Impossibilities were 

 expected of them, and when they fell a little 

 below the very first class, they were treated with 

 the indignity which is often suffered by deposed 

 idols. It should be remembered that in Gladia- 

 teur they met one of the best three-year-olds we 

 had seen for years, and that it by no means 

 follows that because one horse has it pretty nearly 

 all his own way that his opponents are necessarily 

 a bad lot. It shows what that fine judge. 

 Admiral Rous, thought of him when he set him 

 to ofive Reo^alia a stone in the Cambridg^eshire, 

 and he considered Breadalbane 18lbs. behind 

 him over the Cambridgeshire course. The 

 Admiral's opinion of Breadalbane may be gathered 

 from the fact that he handicapped him to give 

 Mr. Day's speedy Out and Outer, the Steward's 

 Cup winner, lOlbs., and gave the five-year-old 

 Gratitude, who had twice been beaten by a short 

 head in the Cesare witch, only 3 lbs, more to carry 

 for the difference in age. 



Breadalbane had a very severe attack of 

 strangles just after Christmas, and his trainer 

 did not want to run him until the Derby, but he 

 was overruled, and the severe ' dusting up ' he 



