AS A THREE-YEAR-OLD 



Mr. H. J. King's ch.c. Longboat, 9 st. - F. Winter - 



Mr. W. Raphael's b.c. Beaurepaire, 9 st. - F, Rickaby 



6/4 agst. King William, 1 00/30 Lycaon and Prince Palatine, 

 lo/i Pietri, 100/6 Atmah, 33/1 Beaurepaire, 66/1 Cherry King 

 and Longboat. Won by 6 lengths, 3 lengths second and third. 



I may here interpolate a paragraph not strictly on 

 the subject of racing. In the comments quoted I 

 have spoken of a chat with the owner. As a matter 

 of fact I had never at that time had the pleasure of 

 meeting Mr. Pilkington, and I may explain how the 

 mistake arose, as an illustration of how such things 

 occasionally do happen. It is the custom for a 

 trainer or the manager of a stable to speak of an 

 animal in it as " my horse." Captain Purefoy, who, 

 as already remarked, looked after Prince Palatine, 

 had on several occasions talked to me about the 

 Leger winner, using the accustomed phraseology, 

 and I concluded that Prince Palatine was his pro- 

 perty, and that for some reason he ran in an assumed 

 name. One afternoon at the Junior Carlton Club 

 Mr. Pilkington was good enough to come and speak 

 to me, smilingly remarking that he was glad to meet 

 me, though he had read that we had more than once 

 been in conversation. I do not know why I associ- 

 ated him with Prince Palatine, but the truth vaguely 

 dawned upon me, and I realised his identity. 



There is so much prejudice in estimating the 

 merit of horses, and especially the most distin- 



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