AS A FOUR-YEAR-OLD 



Mr. T. Lewis's Charles O'Malley, 5 yrs., 



9 St. 4 lb. F. Hunter - 



Mr. Fairie's King Midas, 5 yrs., 9 st. 4 lb. - F. Wootton 

 Mr. F. Jay Gould's Combourg, 4 yrs., 9 st. M. McGee 



2/1 agst. Prince Palatine, 3/1 Basse Pointe, 5/1 Charles 

 O'Malley, 1 1/2 Bill and Coo, 100/7 Combourg and King Midas. 

 Won by five lengths, length second and third. 



As a rule Prince Palatine had every advantage 



which jockeyship could confer, and for the Princess 



of Wales's Stakes at Newmarket, which came a 



fortnight after the Gold Cup, the colt was ridden by 



F. Wootton. It really appeared to me that he was 



practically walking over. I could not understand 



why longer odds were not laid on him than the 5 to 



2 at which he closed, and particularly why the other 



runners received any support. Three of the nine 



were mentioned in the market, Balblair 9 to i, 



Fantasio 100 to 9, Lorenzo 100 to 7 ; 20 to i 



was offered against the other six. Of course there 



was £500 for the second, supposing that he were 



nominated by his owner, as horses usually are in 



these stakes, and a couple of hundred compensation 



for the third. It looked as if the half dozen forlorn 



hopes were sent to the post on the off chance of 



picking up something by following Prince Palatine 



home. I fancy the catastrophe, for so the result of 



the race may be described, occurred by reason of 



Wootton's invincible and invariable determination to 



be on the rails. As I recall the race he was vainly 



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