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was pretty well to the fore amongst them, that, 

 perhaps, should scarcely be called bad luck. But 

 he was always happening something, and was a 

 constant source of anxiety to his trainer. He 

 only made his appearance on a racecourse once 

 as a two-year-old, when he walked over for the 

 Juvenile Stakes at York. He was tried just 

 before Doncaster, where he was engaged in the 

 Champagne and the Municipal Stakes, and was 

 found to be very smart indeed. A few days 

 before the meeting, when he was starting for a 

 three-quarters-of-a-mile spin, he bolted, ran into 

 the wall that joins the gallop on Middleham 

 Moor, and injured his knee so badly that he could 

 not run. He was laid by for the winter, and was 

 tried again in the spring before he went to New- 

 market, and beat Little Duchess very easily, 

 giving her three stones. He was a very gross 

 horse, and the work it was necessary to give him 

 at Newmarket told upon his legs, and he could 

 not run a yard when he was stripped for the Two 

 Thousand. They tried him again just before 

 Ascot, this time with Gaily, and again he did all 

 that was required of him. He came out lame 

 next morning, and so the Ascot engagements 

 had to go 'by the board.' He was soon in strong 

 work again, and was tried just before York with 

 Prince Arthur, Cathedral, Dr. Rooke, and Siva, 

 with Flytrap to make the pace. The Miner won 

 by ten lengths, and as every trial had been more 



