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with 8 st. 7 Ibs. in the saddle, beating Tunstall 

 Maid, 6 st. 2 Ibs. Underhand was behind him in 

 that race, but Mr. Foster's game little horse was 

 giving him weight. Vedette finished up by 

 winning the Doncaster Cup, again beating 

 Saunterer, both the same age. George Abdale 

 and I often had an argument as to whether 

 Vedette was a better horse than Saunterer. He 

 argued for his horse, and I argued as strongly 

 for ours. I would never give in on the point 

 until after this Doncaster Cup that Vedette was 

 the better horse, for he beat Saunterer very 

 easily. Vedette never ran after that race. He 

 was sold to Mr. Simpson, of Diss, near 

 Newmarket, and stood there throughout his 

 stud career. 



" Old Dr. Shorthouse often wrote against the 

 Blacklock blood, and, like Mr. John Corlett, in 

 some of his articles in the Sporting Times, 

 affirmed that Galopin was by Delight and not by 

 Vedette. I am quite at issue with them in that 

 opinion. Well, now, Galopin during his first 

 eight seasons at the stud had only two chestnut 

 foals, and he averaged about sixteen foals a year. 

 One of these was out of a chestnut mare. Now, 

 Delight's dam was a chestnut with white legs; 

 her dam was a chestnut ; Elis, the grand sire of 

 Placid (Delight's dam) was a chestnut with white 

 legs, and so was Placid herself; and Passion, 

 the dam of Placid, was a chestnut. On this 

 statement, do you mean to say that if Galopin 

 had been by Delight he would not have shown 

 more chestnut than he does ? Mr. John Corlett 

 is perhaps not so strong in his doubts on this 



