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Douranee). He considers him one of the most 

 useful horses he ever had. He was the slave of the 

 stable for five years, leading the horses in their 

 gallops, trying them — in short, doing everything 

 within the capacity of a never-ending, still-begin- 

 ning, willing horse of all work. In 1889 he beat 

 Amphion in the Free Handicap Stakes at the 

 Newmarket Houghton Meeting, on whom they laid 

 odds. There was a very useful sort of horse named 

 Kingfisher, albeit he had a stain in his pedigree, in 

 the stable at the same time. At 5 years old he 

 won the Esher Stakes (handicap) carrying 8 st. 12 lb. 

 Of the notable two-year-olds at Kingsclere in 1889, 

 Blue Green, Sainfoin, Rightaway, Gay Hampton, 

 and The Saint were the pick. The last-named (by 

 Peter out of Miss Mannering) showed what sound 

 stuff he was made of by keeping on his legs in 

 training well on to the ' aged ' period of his 

 existence. But this is ' heading the fox.' Blue 

 Green (by Cceruleus out of Angelica) won twice, 

 the Criterion and ' a divide ' with Vermillion after 

 a dead-heat for the Houghton Stakes falling to his 

 share at the last meeting at headquarters. Right- 

 away (by Wisdom out of Vanish) was the property 

 of Mr. W. M. Low, who had joined the stable 

 about this time. The colt won several races, the 

 most important being the Great Breeders' Convivial 

 Produce Stakes at York, and the Clearwell at 

 Newmarket. Gay Hampton (by Hampton out of 

 Rosy Morn), another of Mr. Low's, won the 

 Craven Stakes at Newmarket. The stout and 



