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either Favonius or Cremorne in the Stud Book at the 

 present day. 



It was Favonius whose success, combined with 

 Hannah's and Corisande's in 1871, led to the memor- 

 able watchword : " Follow the Baron ! " (next year). 

 This was based on the form shown by Laburnum 

 against Prince Charlie (then two-year-olds), but it was 

 a sadly mistaken estimate, for Prince Charlie beat even 

 Cremorne for the Two Thousand Guineas of 1872, and I 

 honestly think would have beaten any horse I ever saw 

 over that course. 



He was a magnificent individual, with immense size, 

 power and bone, and faulty only that he was not very 

 deep in his girth. I can only repeat I have never seen 

 such a horse and don't suppose I shall do so again. 

 He was by far the best son of Blair Athol, and it is 

 a thousand pities that he never had a stud chance to 

 speak of in this country. During two or three seasons 

 in America he went right to the top of the tree, with 

 Salvator and others, and his son Lochiel did the same 

 in Australasia. 



There can, I think, be no doubt that Cremorne was a 

 very great horse indeed, not merely because he won the 

 Derby in Prince Charlie's year, but for the way in which 

 he won the Ascot Cup the year afterwards. I well 

 remember seeing him win ; not altogether an attractive 

 horse, with something of a hammer head on a longish, 

 light neck, but a rare-made one otherwise, and there 

 was no mistake about the way he strung out his field. 

 I believe that Lord Rosebery to this day thinks 

 Cremorne about the best horse he ever saw, and he may 

 be right, but somehow neither Cremorne nor Favonius 

 proved capable of perpetuating the Sweetmeat line, 



