PRINCE PALATINE 



S. B. Joel's Long Set, Mr. H. B. Duryea's Shannon, 

 who had been sent over from France to run, and 

 Mr. P. F. Heybourn's Cigar. It is true that there 

 was no knowing quite how good Long Set might 

 be, though it seemed perfectly safe to assume that 

 he had no sort of pretension to oppose Prince 

 Palatine with any hope of success. Long Set, a 

 son of Rabelais — whom to his lasting regret Mr. 

 Arthur James, his breeder, had sold for exile to 

 France — and Balle Perdue had been bought by 

 Colonel Hotspur Percy and brought to England. 

 The Colonel sadly underestimated his purchase, put 

 him into a selling race and allowed him to go for 

 500 guineas, which proved to be a mere fraction of 

 his value. Indeed, Colonel Percy was so exceed- 

 ingly vexed at what he had done that he told me 

 when I met him after Long Set had begun to show 

 his form, that he had given up racing, and I do 

 not remember to have seen him on a course since. 

 The ex-selling plater won the Lincolnshire Handi- 

 cap, the Newbury Spring Cup, the Liverpool 

 Summer Cup, was second for the Hunt Cup with 

 9 St. 4 lb., won the Doncaster Cup and other races 

 of note ; but his effort against Prince Palatine was 

 futile. 



1913. EPSOM. 



Coronation Cup, a Gold Cup value £200, and £1000 in specie, 

 added to a Sweepstakes of £20 each, or £5 if dec, with 



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