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simply an erratic lady with a mind or will of her 

 own. She was generous enough, and generally 

 tractable, but if she took it into her head to whip 

 round in the middle of a gallop, and tear along 

 with possibly the best intentions in the world in 

 the opposite direction, there was no stopping her. 

 Her trainer, however, has no doubt that over a 

 distance of ground she was the best filly of her year. 

 They knew at home how she could gallop when 

 she liked, and there was some hope cherished 

 towards the close of the season of 1894 tnat tne 

 following Ascot might see her out again in the 

 St. Leger mood, and alongside one of the stoutest 

 and fleetest horses in training. ■ Sweet was the 

 vision, but, alas!' that meeting with Isinglass was 

 not to be. The stable winnings in 1894 amounted 

 to 22,672/. 



The season of 1895 w ^^ always be remembered 

 at Kinorsclere for the number of seconds which the 

 stable had to put up with. They won 36 races, 

 were second on 32 occasions, and 18 times third, 

 while there were 39 unplaced positions in the record. 

 Nevertheless, the sum gained in stakes amounted to 

 over 28,446/. To begin with Baddiley — by Sheen 

 out of Farewell, own brother to Regret — who gave 

 his trainer trouble from the outset, as he was always 

 a bit of a cripple. He had done nothing during the 

 two-year-old stage of his career, for obvious reasons, 

 but the trainer persevered with him at three, and 

 succeeded in winning one good stake, namely the 

 Royal (Post) Sweepstakes at the Newmarket Second 



