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his Lordship to a sense of the impolicy of engaging 

 yearlings before they had been broken and tried. 

 As early as 1833 the Hon. E. M. Lloyd Mostyn 

 was alive to the advantage of trying his yearlings. 

 In that year he discovered that his superlatively 

 good yearling filly Queen of Trumps was a " flyer," 

 although, like all the Velocipedes, she was heavily 

 fleshed and very robust of constitution, with bad 

 knees. 



In those days there were few two - year - old 

 stakes, and it was dangerous for a colt or filly of 

 that tender age to travel long distances on foot. 

 Mr Mostyn, therefore, engaged Queen of Trumps 

 in but one two-year-old race the Champagne at 

 Holywell Hunt Races, which took place close to 

 her training quarters. This race she won without 

 an effort, and her next appearance in public was 

 for the Oaks at Epsom. Here she met and de- 

 feated Mr Greville's Preserve, on whom 2 to 1 

 was betted, as previously recorded. So favourably 

 was Lord George impressed with that performance, 

 that he gave Mr Mostyn very valuable advice, 

 which resulted in the Queen being moved from the 

 sandy gallops at Holywell to the fine downs at 

 Hednesford, to be trained for the St Leger. 



The mention of Queen of Trumps reminds me 

 that a more honest, industrious, capable, and trust- 

 worthy man than John Blenkhorn, her trainer, 

 never entered a stable. He enjoyed Mr Mostyn's 

 confidence to the full, and it was a pleasure to see 



