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the betting was not indicative of the result. Backers 

 loyally crowded on to the Prince of Wales's cham- 

 pion, Persimmon, while at half a point more in the 

 wagering Omladina was strongly supported and St. 

 Frusquin started at 4 to 1. St. Frusquin won by 

 half a length. The respective weights were : St. 

 Frusquin 9 st. 31b., Omladina 9 St., and Persimmon 

 9 st. 3 lb. A forecast of the Derby (in which 

 Omladina was not engaged) and the Oaks. 



Of the other horses at Kingsclere in 1895 there 

 was the good, honest, game Match Maker, who was 

 also a stayer. This three-year-old son of Donovan 

 and Match Girl was a winner the majority of the 

 times — seven — he was stripped for business. On 

 the first occasion he won the Prince of Wales's 

 Stakes at Ascot in a canter by three lengths ; he 

 followed this up by securing the Ascot Derby at the 

 same meeting. Pulled out the same day to carry 

 9 st. in the St. James's Palace Stakes was asking 

 him to do too much. It was hard lines on a gene- 

 rous animal. Nevertheless, they took an equal price 

 about him and Prince Simon. Troon, with 7 lb., 

 the best of the weights, won. Match Maker won 

 and also was beaten at Goodwood on two following 

 days, and then, backed against the field, experienced 

 no difficulty in carrying off the valuable City of 

 London Breeders' Foal Plate from that gay deceiver, 

 the p-eldinsr Curzon. He was the champion of the 

 stable in the Doncaster St. Leger, but that was 

 not one of Kingsclere's lucky days. Mornington 

 Cannon is convinced that he had won the race 



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