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sale, 3720, 15s. What a contrast to the prices 

 realised by blood-stock since ! Princess Alice was 

 bought by Mr B. Green, and went into H. Steb- 

 bing's stable at Hambleton. 



Soon after this sale Mr Mostyn was offered 

 5000 for the two-year-olds Planet and Slander, 

 which he refused. Simultaneously 7000 were 

 offered for Crucifix, and for the two yearlings Sur- 

 plice and Loadstone, which offer was also refused. 

 It will thus be seen what a phenomenal bargain 

 Mr Mostyn had made in buying 208 thoroughbreds 

 to say nothing of cart-horses, clothing, bridles, 

 saddles, buckets, brushes, rubbers, and all other 

 paraphernalia of a racing-stable in full blast for 

 10,000, when he was able in a couple of months 

 to refuse 12,000 for four animals amongst this 

 splendid lot. As it turned out, neither Planet nor 

 Slander were very fortunate as race-horses. At 

 Goodwood, Planet in 1846 won the Molecomb 

 Stakes, value 650. At Doncaster, he ran second 

 to Van Tromp for the Champagne Stakes ; but 

 later in the year he won the Glasgow Stakes at 

 Newmarket, value 800. Next year he won as 

 a three-year-old a Sweepstakes, value 800, at 

 the Craven Meeting ; ran second for the Two 

 Thousand to Sir Robert Pigot's Conyngham, who 

 was ridden by Jem Robinson ; won the Racing 

 Stakes at Goodwood, value 1150 sovereigns, 

 ridden by F. Butler ; was beaten for the Derby, 

 won by Mr Pedley's ch. c. Cossack, by Hetman 



