PRINCE PALATINE 



Baron Edouard de Rothschild's Predicateur, 

 4 yrs., 9 St. F. O'Neill 



Mr. F. D. Pirie's Jackdaw, 5 yrs., 9 st. 4 lb. - G. Stern 



Mr. August Belmont's Tracery, 4 yrs., 9 st. 



(fell) A. Whalley 



Mr. M. J. San-Miguel's Gorgorito, 4 yrs., 9 st. A. Sharpe - 



Mr. W. Hall Walker's FitzRichard, 3 yrs., 



7 St. 7 lb. W. Buckley 



7/4 on Prince Palatine, 6/1 agst. Tracery, 7/1 Predicateur, 

 lo/i Aleppo, 100/8 Jackdaw and Stedfast. Won by i| lengths, 

 4 lengths second and third ; Tracery fell. 



The Stewards inquired into the cause of the accident, and found 

 that a spectator ran out in front of the field, and Tracery 

 collided with him and fell, throwing Whalley. 



This last sentence is taken from the Calendar. 



Prince Palatine was again entered for the Jockey 

 Club Stakes of 191 3, for which his chance appeared 

 superlatively good, but meantime Mr. J. B. Joel 

 had resolved to buy the horse if Mr. Pilkington 

 would sell him. Mr. Somerville Tattersall was 

 asked to conduct the negotiations, and a bargain 

 was presently made. Mr. Joel was prepared to 

 give 45,000 pounds, a sum larger than had ever 

 been paid in the history of racing, but the 

 transaction was contingent on the Prince main- 

 taining his victorious career ; if beaten before the 

 end of the season the price was to be 5000 pounds 

 less. It was determined to start him for the Good- 

 wood Cup; in which to all appearance his task was 

 ridiculously easy, and on the morning of the Cup 



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