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clearing out the manger as often as it was filled (and 

 it was impossible to repeat the latter operation too 

 often) he was a fair champion. Rosicrucian's and 

 Green Sleeve's cases were serious, and gave Porter 

 cause for sleepless anxiety. Mr. Mannington, the 

 well-known veterinary surgeon, whose practice lay 

 chiefly among blood-stock, was summoned, and 

 his treatment, which comprehended the insertion 

 of setons in the throat and chest, strictly followed. 

 The seton was employed as a final resource, in the 

 hope of subduing the obstinate cough that hung 

 about the pair so persistently. As a matter of fact, 

 the setons were not withdrawn from Rosicrucian 

 until within three weeks of his running in the Two 

 Thousand. Under the circumstances it was plainly 

 impossible to get the horses fit, or anything like fit, 

 to run in the Guineas. Although the public had 

 known all along that Rosicrucian and Green Sleeve 

 were amiss, and appreciated the trainer's difficulty 

 in bringing them fully conditioned to the post within 

 the short time at his disposal, they were not to be 

 stalled-off on the day of the race, but made Green 

 Sleeve a hot favourite. She started at the short 

 price of 5 to 2 against. Formosa and Moslem made 

 a dead-heat of it for first place, and St. Ronan 

 finished a bad third, with Green Sleeve next. 



In reference to one of the most sensational 

 Derbys on record, namely, that of Lady Elizabeth 

 — for it will always be remembered as Lady 

 Elizabeth's Derby and (in the Napoleonic sense) 

 the Marquis of Hastings's ' Waterloo ' — it is only 



