PRINCE PALATINE 



9 St. in the Prince of Wales's Nursery at Doncaster. 

 He won both without an effort, the latter he carried 

 off in a canter by eight lengths from his stable 

 companion Iambic, in receipt of 2 st. 7 lb. His 

 fifth and last essay as a two-year-old was a match 

 with the Duke of Westminster's Duke of Richmond, 

 an extremely smart colt who, when known as 

 Bushey, had won the Richmond Stakes at Good- 

 wood, an hour after St. Simon had made his first 

 appearance in the Halmaker Stakes. 



If there had been any doubt of St. Simon's 

 ability to stay it was effectually solved in the Ascot 

 Cup of 1884, which he won in a canter by twenty 

 lengths from Tristan and three others, Tristan him- 

 self having secured this trophy the previous year. 

 That Prince Batthyany omitted St. Simon from the 

 classic races seems curious at the present time, 

 though it mattered little as regards the Derby, for 

 the Prince fell dead at Newmarket in the Spring, 

 and St. Simon's nomination would therefore have 

 become void. Otherwise it is interesting to note 

 how classic honours have been gained from father 

 to son. In the year 1829 Voltaire did not, indeed, 

 win the Leger. He only failed by half a length, 

 however, to beat Rowton, the property of Mr. Petre, 

 who had won the race the two previous seasons 

 with Matilda and The Colonel. Voltaire was the 

 sire of Lord Zetland's Voltigeur, who won both 



