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tolerably certain that Busybody must have won the 

 Derby had she run, as there is no doubt of her 

 superiority to Harvester, who ran a dead heat with 

 St. Gatien. Busybody was, indeed, a very good mare^ 

 but she showed signs of lameness after her Oaks 

 victory, and, though sent to Ascot, was never able to 

 run there or subsequently ; she finally broke down a 

 fortnight before the St. Leger, but has distinguished 

 herself as the dam of Meddler, whose loss to this 

 country is to be regretted. There can be no doubt he 

 was a good horse, who would in all probability have 

 earned a place in this chapter had he remained in 

 Enofland. He won the Dewhurst Plate. 



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St. Simon, a contemporary of St. Gatien and Busy- 

 body, was not entered for the Derby. Before the 

 death of Prince Batthyany it had been rumoured that 

 he owned a remarkably promising colt in a son of his 

 Derby winner Galopin and of a mare called St. Angela. 

 More than one man, however, who had reason to 

 believe in the colt's capacity, timidly let him slip when 

 he was for sale after his owner's terribly sudden death 

 at Newmarket, and the lucky Duke of Portland 

 bought him for i,6oo guineas, his dam being sold the 

 same afternoon for 320 guineas. Four weeks after- 

 wards to the day St. Simon made his first appearance 

 on a racecourse in the Halnaker Stakes at Goodwood, 

 ridden by Archer, and won in a canter by half-a-dozen 

 lengths. Next afternoon he came out again for a 

 Maiden Plate against a solitary opponent, of whom he 



