PRINCE PALATINE 



Cherry King, belonging to Mr. Brodrick Cloete (a 

 victim of the Lusitania), Mr. Fairie's King Midas, 

 and Mr. F. Jay Gould's Combourg added to the 

 spectacle as the horses walked and cantered before 

 going to the start, but otherwise it was held that 

 these scarcely counted. My comments in the 

 Ilhtstrated Sporting and Dramatic News may be 

 appended. I had dealt with the earlier events of 

 the day and continued : 



" After this came the Cup, seven starters, the 

 greater half of whom, as it seemed, might safely 

 be counted out ; indeed, most of us made out 

 the race to be a match between Prince Palatine 

 and Basse Pointe. There were rumours to the 

 effect that the filly had not fed up since her 

 arrival in England. If they were true, her latest 

 meals in France must have been of a very sus- 

 taining quality, for she looked remarkably well. 

 I went over to Paris last year to see her win the 

 Prix du Conseil Municipal, and was mightily im- 

 pressed by the spectacle. She beat a five-year-old 

 named Melbourne really without exerting herself; 

 and I happen to know something about this horse ; 

 for a friend had asked me some time previously to 

 ascertain whether he was purchasable. His French 

 owner would not put a price upon him ; he was not 

 for sale, however tempting an offer might be made. 

 He had won six of the previous seven races for 



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