AS A FOUR-YEAR-OLD 



1912. DONCASTER. 



DoNC ASTER Cup value £200, with £1100 in specie added, of 



which second reed. £200 ; for 3 yr. olds and upwards ; entr. 



£10, 5 ft. ; 2 m. I fur. (29 ents. — £1090.) 



Mr. T. Pilkington's Prince Palatine, by- 

 Persimmon, 4 yrs., 10 St. - - - F. O'Neill i 



Sir J. Thursby's Adahs, 5 yrs., 9 st. 2 lb. - C. Trigg 2 



20/1 on Prince Palatine. Won by 10 lengths. 



In the Jockey Club Stakes Prince Palatine and 

 Stedfast were found in opposition for the fourth time, 

 and on this occasion a surprise was in store to the 

 credit of the Prince. It must be admitted, however, 

 that Lord Derby's colt was labouring under a severe 

 disadvantage, which, as the result proved, counter- 

 acted the benefit he received from the weights. In 

 the late summer of 191 2, for some unknown reason 

 while walking on the road Stedfast fell heavily on to 

 his knees, and notwithstanding that he was wearing 

 kneecaps at the time injured himself so severely that 

 for a considerable time it was impossible to bring 

 him out of the stable. He was supposed to be fairly 

 "straight" on the 3rd October, when the Jockey 

 Club Stakes was contested, and notwithstanding all 

 the races he had won he had escaped the penalty 

 with which Prince Palatine was burdened. Accord- 

 ing to the conditions of the race, "winner of the 

 Derby, Grand Prix de Paris, Ascot Cup, Doncaster 

 St. Leger, Eclipse Stakes, Sandown Park, or Jockey 

 Club Stakes, Newmarket, carries 12 lb., or of one of 



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