AS A THREE-YEAR-OLD 



length. I remember one of the soundest judges of 

 racing remarking to me when the horses were at 

 the post that he should not be surprised if Prince 

 Palatine were beaten. The idea seemed absurd to 

 me, but the argument that Mushroom was sure to 

 dart swiftly away from the gate, and Prince Palatine 

 might have trouble to get on terms with him, proved 

 to be curiously correct. 



191 1. NEWMARKET. 



Midsummer Stakes, £10 each starter, with £500 added, of 

 which second reed. £50 ; for 3 yr. olds ; entr. £10, or £5 if 

 dec. ; B.M. (41 ents., viz. 34 at £10 and 7 at £s — £460). 



Mr. T. Baring's Mushroom, by Common, 



9 St. 3 lb. F. Rickaby I 



Mr. T. Pilkington's Prince Palatine, 8 st. 7 lb. S. Donoghue 2 



Mr. J. B. Thorneycrof t's Automatic, 8 st. 2 lb. J. Clark 3 



1 1/8 on Prince Palatine, 6/4 agst. Mushroom. Won by 

 I length, 4 lengths second and third. 



The Newmarket catastrophe created so consider- 

 able an effect that when the Prince came out at 

 Goodwood for the Gordon Stakes, surprising as it 

 appears at the present time, Mr. Fairie's Phryxus 

 was favourite, slight odds being laid on him, not- 

 withstanding that he was giving Prince Palatine 

 7 lb. The distance, a mile and a half, was far 

 more suitable to the Prince than the Bunbury Mile. 

 At Goodwood he had time to get on his legs, and 

 the race was never in doubt ; the three lengths by 



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