PEDIGREE OF PRINCE PALATINE 



the substitute Derby of 19 15. It would have been 

 better had Persimmon then concluded his efforts for 

 the year, for not long before the Middle Park Plate 

 he had been coughing, and there were two most for- 

 midable rivals in Mr. Leopold de Rothschild's St. 

 Frusquin and the late Duke of Westminster's 

 Omladina. These two beat the Prince of Wales's 

 colt, though considering his lack of condition at the 

 time, which is not one of the stereotyped excuses but 

 a veritable fact, the defeat did not injure his 

 reputation. 



Persimmon grew into a magnificent three-year-old, 

 retaining his fine action. I may here interpolate 

 that Lord Marcus Beresford was good enough to read 

 the proofs of my book about King Edward, and as 

 he approved, the details here given are incontrover- 

 tible. During the Craven Meeting, when the Prince 

 was in residence at Newmarket, Persimmon was 

 galloped, and that with a couple of moderate animals 

 to whom it might have been expected he could have 

 given any weight in reason, Courtier and Chinkara. 

 To the dismay and bewilderment of owner, manager 

 and trainer. Persimmon did very badly, so badly, 

 indeed, that it was perceived he could not be 

 within incalculable pounds of his form. As soon as 

 Watts, who was riding, dismounted, he said he was 

 convinced there must be something amiss. When 



Marsh got him home the horse put his head in his 



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