PRINCE PALATINE 



the Eclipse, which will be quite another matter. 

 Stedfast, I fancy, has the better speed, and if 

 Wootton rides him it is very much on the cards that 

 he may beat the Gold Cup winner. This, however, 

 is rather diving into the future, and we shall have 

 another opportunity of discussing the Eclipse. Bill 

 and Coo put up a very good performance in finishing 

 within a length of the French mare. My impression 

 was that Stern might have increased the gap, that 

 is to say, that he might have beaten Bill and Coo 

 by a greater distance had he chosen ; but there 

 was no reason why he should, as the other four 

 were a long way behind, and the ^300 for third safe. 

 We are always delighted to see French competitors, 

 but if the owner of Combourg had any hopes of 

 lifting the Cup he must have been very sanguine." 



1912. ASCOT. 



Gold Cup value £500, with £3500 in specie, added to a Sweep- 

 stakes of £20 each, h. ft., of which second reed. £700 and 

 third £300 ; for entire colts and fillies, three yr. olds and 

 upwards ; 2| m., starting at the Cup Post and going once 

 round. (42 ents. — £3470-) 

 Mr. T. Pilkington's Prince Palatine, by 



Persimmon, 4 yrs., 9 st. - - - F. O'Neill I 



M. E. de St. Alary's Basse Pointe, 5 yrs., 



9 St. I lb. G. Stern 2 



Mr. Lionel Robinson's Bill and Coo, 3 yrs., 



7 St. 4 lb. S. Donoghue 3 



Mr. W. Brodrick Cloete's Cherry King, 4 yrs., 



9 St. F. Winter 



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