PRINCE PALATINE 



of them, the Glasgow Nursery at Doncaster, in 

 which he had carried top weight, 9 St., in a field 

 of twenty. Phryxus, like Prince Palatine, a son of 

 Persimmon, was regarded as a colt of good class. 

 Meleager, a son of Eager and Mesange, after a 

 preliminary essay — and "first time out" often means 

 little — had carried off four consecutive races, and 

 after running second for the Convivial Produce 

 Stakes at York, had taken a fifth, the Autumn 

 Breeders' Foal Stakes at Manchester. Another 

 formidable opponent was Mr. Leopold de Roths- 

 child's St. Anton, a son of St. Frusquin and that 

 speedy mare Grig. I remember that early in the 

 season Mr. Leopold de Rothschild had told me 

 that he believed himself to be the possessor of two 

 really smart colts in St. Anton and Pietri, another 

 son of St. Frusquin. Thus it will be seen that 

 Prince Palatine really had something to beat. I 

 have refreshed my memory by turning up what I 

 wrote of the race at the time over the signature 

 " Rapier " in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic 

 News, and perhaps may be allowed to quote : 



" When we reached the ring after scrutinising 

 the horses in the paddock and making remarks 

 about them — some of which may have been inspira- 

 tions of genius, others closely verging on the 

 idiotic — we found that Prince Palatine was just 

 about an even money favourite, Wootton being in 



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