CHAPTER III 



PRINCE PALATINE AS A TWO-YEAR-OLD 



To breed horses of the highest class and to see 

 them win races carrying the colours of other owners 

 is not an unmitigated joy. It has been the fate of 

 Colonel Hall Walker on more than one occasion. 

 In 1908 he sold all his yearling colts for a sum 

 of 10,000 guineas, an excellent bargain for the 

 purchaser, as they included amongst other winners 

 Charles O'Malley, who ran third to Lemberg and 

 Greenback for the Derby of 19 10, beaten a neck 

 and two lengths ; and another of the lot sold was 

 Ulster King, a son of Persimmon and Tully Lass, 

 whose victories included the valuable Princess of 

 Wales's Stakes at Newmarket. The name of 

 Minoru will at once occur to readers, but it may 

 be safely assumed that his breeder had no regrets 

 for having leased this colt, seeing that in the Two 

 Thousand Guineas and the Derby which he won 

 he was bearing the colours of the King of England, 

 a unique occurrence in the history of the Turf. A 

 Prince of Wales had, indeed, been victorious at 



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