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sell him to Lord Rosebery, the price asked being 

 10,000 guineas. The horse was at that moment 

 in his very prime, and had all the Cup races of 

 the following year at his mercy. It was a bad 

 day's work for Lord Rosebery when he declined 

 this offer. We cannot wonder, however, that 

 he should have done so, seeing how he had been 

 ' bitten ' by many of his costly purchases, such 

 as Bonnie Scotland. What profit Galopin 

 would have returned on the outlay of 10,000 

 it is impossible to conjecture, but it may be 

 safely put at not less that 150,000." 



