252 HEROES AND HEROINES OE 



Rain fell heavily in the early morning, but it 

 cleared up in g'ood time, and nothing- could have 

 been finer overhead when racing commenced. 

 There were not so many people present as in former 

 races, owing probably to the fact that there were 

 fewer runners than usual for the big event and 

 consequently less excitement. Notwithstanding this 

 drawback, coupled with the fact that the ten runners, 

 taken on the whole, were not so showy a lot as usual, 

 the race was in many respects an interesting one. 



That Count (now Prince) Charles Kinsky was no 

 tyro to the game everyone was aware, for had he not 

 already won the Great Sandown Steeplechase on 

 Zoedone.^ But few, we fancy, were prepared for his 

 brilliant performance on this occasion, it being hard 

 to say which to admire most, his bold horsemanship 

 or good judgment, qualities which, we think, will be 

 generally admitted do not always go hand in hand. 

 The purchase of the mare, as related to us by the 

 Prince, was not the least interesting part of the story. 



It was at Newmarket immediately after the race 

 for the Cesarewitch, won by Corrie Roy, and the 

 Count, highly delighted at winning a thousand, 

 havinof seen the horse led back, was returnintj to 

 the enclosure, when who should he meet but his 

 friend Mr. E. E. Clayton, who at that time owned 



