PRINCE PALATINE 



advantage of the stronger jockey was evident. Per- 

 simmon got his head in front; St. Frusquin, ridden by 

 T. Loates, who could go to scale at 7 st. 5 lb., could 

 not, struggle as he might, regain the position, and 

 forging just a little farther in advance Persimmon 

 passed the post a neck to the good. 



The scene which followed need not be described. 

 We are here confining ourselves to the horse as the 

 sire of Prince Palatine, but I may quote a letter 

 which I received from the late Mr. Leopold de 

 Rothschild when engaged in my book about King 

 Edward. I had written in the hope of obtaining 

 some details not generally known. "Persimmon," 

 the letter ran, "was certainly a great horse, probably 

 better by far as a four-year-old than in his earlier 

 days. I was staying at Newmarket on the Saturday 

 and Sunday prior to the Derby. My brother Lord 

 Rothschild and I went to see Persimmon in his box, 

 when Marsh told us that he had been an extremely 

 difficult horse to train. He had been amiss in the 

 Spring and it took him some time to recover. 

 Though not very sanguine. Marsh said the horse was 

 gradually improving day by day, and that in a 

 marked manner. As you will no doubt remember, 

 there was always considerable difficulty in boxing 

 Persimmon. He was very excited, and it took all 

 Marsh's patience and ingenuity to get him into the 



train without running any risk of injuring him. It 



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