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George Frederick and Maud Victoria. Then came a 

 filly by Lord Clifden, and afterwards Albert Edward 

 and George Albert, both by Marsyas. Thus there were 

 seven in all by Marsyas, and all showed some form, 

 while Albert Victor, George Frederick and Louise 

 Victoria were in high weight-for-age class ; but Marsyas 

 was a bad-tempered old beast, and his son, George 

 Frederick, was for three months or more practically 

 unmanageable when he started stud life at Cobham. 

 He never did much good, and Albert Victor was not 

 very much more successful. 



Galopin, the 1875 Derby winner, may have been 

 one of the very best, though there was hardly enough 

 of him to justify this belief, and his racing career was 

 cut too short to admit of a complete demonstration of 

 merit. He was a beautifully shaped blood horse of 

 medium size, without any sign of bulk or lumber, and 

 the most notable characteristic of him was his extreme 

 nervous excitability. I saw him first when he was 

 brought down to the paddock on the Two Thousand 

 Guineas day, just to show him the crowd, and he was 

 then in a black sweat and lather all over. It was 

 that highest form of nervous tension which, unless 

 ill-regulated, may give great results as it certainly 

 did in Galopin's case, for he was much more soberly 

 disposed on the Derby Day, and won his race, though 

 he was all out to beat Claremont, they being right 

 clear of the rest of the field. Galopin initiated an 

 epoch in blood-stock breeding which will never cease 

 to be of the highest importance. There is no need 

 to regret that he did not run after his second brief 

 season. 



The next Derby winner, Kisber, was a squarely 



