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carried off the Craven. It was a case of Hobson's 

 choice, for he turned out a terrible ' thief,' and a 

 savage. The name of Bena (by Petrarch out of 

 Siren) occurs in the winning chronicle, and demands 

 more than mere citation. This filly, the property of 

 Lord Alington, won the Excelsior Breeders' Foal 

 Stakes at Leicester, and the Lavant Stakes at Good- 

 wood — that is to say, she ran a dead heat with the 

 late Lord Calthorpe's Cushat and divided the stakes. 

 The winnings of the stable in 1889 amounted to 

 17,238/. 



Sainfoin, Blue Green, and Gonsalvowere the most 

 prominent three-year-olds at Kingsclere in 1890. 

 Sainfoin has been dealt with. Blue Green and 

 Gonsalvo were unlucky horses. Rightaway, 3 yrs. 

 (by Wisdom out of Vanish) was the speediest of the 

 lot, but he was unfortunately unsound. They laid 

 2 to 1 on him for the Bickerstaffe Stakes at the Liver- 

 pool Spring Meeting, and he won the race in a canter 

 by a couple of lengths. Blue Green (was there ever 

 a more unlucky customer ?) was out nine times in 

 1890, and was victorious but once. He was second 

 to Alloway in the Prince of Wales's Stakes at 

 Ascot, when he was giving the winner 10 lb. This, 

 after his third in the Two Thousand to Surefoot and 

 Le Nord, and second, beaten a head by Memoir, in 

 the Newmarket Stakes, ' the Frenchman ' a bad 

 third. His solitary victory was brilliant. He de- 

 feated Grand Prior by a short head in the 37th 

 Triennial at Ascot, the winner carrying 9 st. 1 lb., 

 and the second 8 st. 3 lb. A loyal believer in the 



