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racecourse experiences were in Selling Plates, but he be- 

 came a wonderful miler, and had a special liking for the 

 Jubilee Course and the New Mile at Ascot. On both of 

 these tracks he did great things, and when he won the 

 Jubilee Stakes for the second time he actually gave Kilcock 

 — then a four-year-old — no less than 37 lbs. To show what 

 this form amounted to I may mention that in the following 

 year Kilcock and Victor Wild finished second and third 

 to Clwyd, Kilcock (9 st.) beating Victor Wild (9 st, 9 lbs.) 

 by three-quarters of a length for second place, while Clwyd, 

 who only carried 7 st. 5 lbs., had a neck advantage of 

 Kilcock. Letting alone his other victories, his great 

 race with Knight of the Thistle for the Hunt Cup, when 

 he was beaten only three-quarters of a length with 9 st. 

 12 lbs. in the saddle, Victor Wild's Kempton performances 

 stamp him a great horse ; but it must be understood that 

 a mile, or a very little beyond, was the furthest he could 

 go, and an attempt to win the Ascot Cup with him brought 

 about an almost ridiculous failure. He was by Albert Victor 

 out of Wild Huntress by Remorse, her dam Rio by Plum 

 Pudding out of an earlier Rio by Melbourne. To Mr. 

 A. W. Mostyn Owen the credit of his breeding is due, 

 and he began his career in a two-year-old Selling Plate 

 at Hurst Park, in which he was cleverly beaten by Dromonby. 

 He next ran at Portsmouth Park, where he beat a small 

 and moderate field for the Brockhurst Plate, and on being 

 put up to auction he was sold to Mr. T. Worton for 330 

 guineas. In his new owner's colours he won the Midland 

 Nursery at Warwick, and was bought in for 640 guineas. 

 This was his last appearance in a Selling Plate, and during 

 the following year — in which he won six of the eleven races 

 in which he took part — his efforts were confined to regula- 

 tion plates and good-class handicaps. It may be mentioned 

 that he was a lightly- framed thoroughbred, with apparently 

 no great amount of power or substance. He was, however, 

 very neatly put together, and one of the most muscular 

 horses I ever saw, while his action was exceedingly pretty. 

 About his gameness there could be no two opinions ; and 

 though he was not built on the lines of the orthodox weight- 



