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*' Well," he said, " I suppose you know best.'* 

 I then engaged Morny, and, as before said, he 

 was a very mulish horse. I advised Morny not 

 to move at all on him in the race until fifty yards 

 from the winning-post, and then come with one 

 run, which he did, beating his opponents easily. 

 Amongst other winners of Mr. Keene's were 

 Olympian, Keeksage, Ballot, Noonday, Wed- 

 ding Bells, Virginia Earle, and Chacornac. 

 The last named, when he arrived at Beckhampton, 

 was lame in the back. My vet. said he would 

 never become sound. I did not like to give him 

 Charcornac up, SO I applied the remedy with which 

 sheeDsMn ^ ^^^ ^^^ successes more than once m 

 remedy cases of back lameness, viz. hot sheep- 

 skin from one of my sheep killed just outside his 

 box and applied immediately, leaving it on his 

 back twelve hours. This horse won, amongst other 

 races, the Snail well at Newmarket, and was a really 

 good-class sprinter. 



Mr. Foxhall Keene thought Olympian would 



win the Derby. After I had had him in training 



some weeks, I told him I did not think 



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stamina (?) he would Stay. He ran in the Derby, 



and showed good speed to Tattenham 



Corner. Mr. Foxhall Keene then wished him to 



run in the Grand Prix at Paris, where he was 



tailed off — last. 



