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his sleeve" — Meta and Thorn at The Maze — Accident to 

 and death of Thorn — Bothwell tried : a good horse — He wins 

 the " Two Thousand " and fails in the Derby — Degrading 

 fate of Stockwell's son — Prince Charlie's " Two Thousand " — 

 The race — John recounts his experiences — Prince Charlie 

 the idol of the people— His wind infirmity — Attempt to 

 "nobble" him frustrated — His match with Peut-Etre — 

 Prince of the T.Y.C. — The kindest horse in the world — 

 Tom French's opinion on French and English horses — The 

 Eowley Mile match for £500 — Victory of Prince Charlie — 

 His stvid career and sale to the Americans — His death in 

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CHAPTER XIV 



Lily Agnes and Apology come to Ashgill — Lily's trial an eye- 

 opener — Her two-year-old career and subsequent perform- 

 ances — Organist as a two-year-old — Apology and Mr. 

 " Launde " — A good parson and a fine old gentleman — 

 Apology's trial — York August of '74 — A great time for 

 Ashgill and the Osbornes — Holy Friar — Trent defeats 

 Apology — Her Leger status affected — Lily Agues beats 

 Kaiser— Mr. Snarry's failure to sell her — Mr. "Launde" 

 and his Bishop — Admiral Rous's opinion of Lily Agnes — 

 Some Doncaster form — John wins the Champagne Stakes 

 on Camballo — Thorn beaten by Thunder — Holy Friar, 

 Grand Flaneur, and Lily Agnes wind up a good week for 

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CHAPTER XV 



The outset of '74 — Admiral Rous's manifesto — " The black cloud 

 on the horizon" — Strength and endurance — The summum 

 honum of breeders — He upholds the running of two-year- 

 olds — The horse with the best speed the finest animal — 

 Turf morality and excessive gambling — Apology's year at 

 Doncaster — The mare's month — Derby winners fail in the 

 "Leger" — Matthew Dawson's ill-fortune in the race — 

 Apology's Oaks and St. Leger — Apology's St. Leger described 

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