DAM OF AN OAKS WINNER FOR 23 GS. 



presented two ; Lord Howard de Walden, Lord 

 Carnarvon, Sir Thomas Dewar and many others gave 

 one. The trouble was to get them all together and sell 

 them ; that was where a slight error of judgment was 

 made. They should have been delivered straight away 

 for sale at a race-meeting, instead of which they were 

 mustered together at a farm near Esher. That 

 excellent sportsman, Mr Horlick, who is so well known 

 in the hunting field, took them up at his place, and 

 eventually they were brought to Hurst Park one 

 Saturday to be sold. Having been turned out for some 

 weeks they looked terrible beside those in training 

 which had preceded them in the sale ring, and 

 the result was most disappointing, the highest price 

 realised being twenty-three guineas for a two-year-old 

 filly by Trenton, who was bought by Mr William 

 Allison. Her dam was Rosalys ; I named her Rosaline 

 before the sale. What a bargain someone missed ; 

 for, eventually put to St Frusquin, one of the first of her 

 get was Rosedrop, who won the Oaks in 1910 ! Rosaline 

 was worth anything afterwards. There was a fine 

 opportunity with the fillies given of starting quite a 

 charity stud farm, for there were many nominations 

 given to various stallions, including Collar, but un- 

 fortunately breeders never took the opportunity 

 offered them. 



To show the different methods of various owners, 

 the Messrs Joel had all their horses, in training and 

 other^vise, most beautifully entered in special books 

 kept for the purpose. There were various remarks 

 against each of them, and it did not take very long 

 to choose the particular animals which were to be 

 bestowed on the Fresh Air Fund. Mr Leopold de 

 Rothschild got over the difficulty of searching for a 

 horse by giving twenty-five pounds — what a prince 



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