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attending to the interests of the Prussian Stud 

 Administration by this purchase. 



The Koyal Prussian Minister of Agriculture, 

 Crown Lands, and Forests, 



V. PODBIELSKI. 



Mr. W. Allison, 

 46a, Pall Mall, 

 London. 



Whether these compliments would have passed 

 had Ard Patrick been beaten by Sceptre, it is 

 not for me to say, but no one ever made a mistake 

 in trusting the word of Count Lehndorff. 



I found after the Eclipse Stakes that there would 

 be serious difficulty in winding Ard Patrick up 

 for the Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket, though, 

 with an easy preparation, he could not miss the 

 valuable second or third stake. Mr. Gubbins, on 

 hearing this, said, in most sportsmanlike fashion, 

 that I had better let Count Lehndorff have the 

 horse at once, as he would not have him run 

 again unless he could show at his best. 



I may here interpose that between the days of 



Galtee More and Ard Patrick American jockeys 



Concerning ^^^ come on the scene, and the two 



jockeys horses were very differently handled. 

 An old English jockey, Charles Wood, who had 

 not been riding for some years, proved fully equal 



