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not the slightest doubt that we have seen no better one 

 during this century. Whatever was the cause of his 

 Derby fiasco, I am certain that the horse himself was not 

 to blame. It was a fortunate incident so far as Senor 

 Correas was concerned, for The Panther would never 

 have been permitted by the Board of Agriculture to 

 leave the country had his racing career proceeded to its 

 natural conclusion. As it was, the Board was very dis- 

 inclined to let him go, and it took me a month or two to 

 persuade them. 



Several of The Panther's foals are chestnuts, as was 

 only to be expected, but I saw none with Gallinule 

 characteristics. They are more like the Tracery chest- 

 nuts, and I saw only one that did not at once recall the 

 sire. This was a very well-grown chestnut filly out of 

 Maldicion by Neapolis. She possibly takes more after 

 the dam's side of the family, but that is nothing against 

 her, for Neapolis was by Springfield out of Napoli, by 

 Macaroni out of Sunshine. 



A HARDY VETERAN 



Old Diamond Jubilee, who was also led out on the 

 lawn, carries his twenty-five years bravely, and he was 

 head of the list of winning stallions last season, his stock 

 winning forty-seven races, value 309,420 dollars, against 

 Cyllene's thirty-five races, worth 267,746. Craganour 

 came third, Old Man fourth, St Wolf (by St Frusquin) 

 fifth, Amsterdam (by Pietermaritzburg) sixth, and Your 

 Majesty seventh. The best classic winners were got 

 by Diamond Jubilee and Cyllene respectively Moloch 

 by the former, and Pulgarin by the latter. But amid 

 all the glamour of these successes, no one can look at 

 Diamond Jubilee and put him in the same class with 



