PRINCE PALATINE 



barton Castle, a subsequent winner of the Stewards' 

 Cup at Goodwood amongst other races. At Hay- 

 dock Park Lady Lightfoot had a busy time. On 

 the first afternoon she won the County Maiden 

 Two-Year-Old Plate, and on the second day the 

 Leigh Park Plate. At Sandown, in the September 

 Nursery, she carried unsuccessfully the top weight, 

 8 St. 12 lb. ; at Doncaster she was unplaced for the 

 Prince of Wales's Nursery. She did no better in 

 the Ditch Mile Nursery at the Newmarket First 

 October Meeting, and though second favourite for 

 the Criterion Nursery she could not finish in the 

 first three. She had only earned ;^395, but winning 

 races with her was by no means her owner's only 

 object; it was for the paddocks that he had acquired 

 her. 



As a three-year-old she began by being seventh 

 in an undistinguished field for the West Derby 

 Stakes at Liverpool, but starting outsider for the 

 Slough Maiden Plate at Windsor she cantered home 

 with four lengths to spare, and won an Apprentices' 

 Plate at Epsom by half a dozen lengths, with odds 

 of 1 5 to 8 on her. Odds were again laid on her for 

 a similar event at Lingfield, as much as 1 1 to 4, but 

 in a field of eight she was last but two; and favourite 

 for another Apprentices' Plate at Goodwood she 

 just missed a place. At Brighton the same thing 

 happened — apparently her mission was to give 



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