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the second day nothing came out to meet her in the 

 Deccan Stakes, and she walked over. She was then 

 handicapped at lost. 2lb. for the Grand Stand Stakes, 

 but could only get third, Mr. R. K. Maitland's old 

 gelding Masquerade, 8st. 131b., winning, and Sparkle, 

 6st. 131b., being second. Oscar Dignum always 

 maintained that Sunnylocks only required time to 

 prove herself a real good mare, and I am glad that she 

 has corroborated his opinion. Statesman, who is 

 considered the champion of India, won the Trial 

 Stakes, beating Trafalgar and Steersman." 



" TJie Siiccessfiil Sire ' Hermit! — The success of the 

 progeny of Mr. Chaplin's thoroughbred horse Hermit 

 — himself the winner of the Derby in 1 867 — has been 

 most remarkable. During the fourteen years to 

 which his stud life has already extended, his stock 

 have won the surprising sum of ^^"300,000. About 

 600 races have been won by 276 of his progeny, and, 

 though he is now twenty-three years old, there is no 

 sign of any decay in the excellence of his stock. 

 This season Hermit's stock have already won about 

 i^ 1 7,000, and for the last seven years the average 

 winnings of his progeny have been over ^30,000, the 

 best season he ever had being in 1882, when his stock 

 were credited with over ^^46,000, inclusive of what 

 they won abroad. In that year the winner of the 

 Two Thousand and Derby, and the winner of the 



