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(ancestress of Man o' War). His mare of the breed was 

 Fabiola, by Martyrdom, and a good one she was. 



Brennan, who was stud groom to Mr Clare Vyner, and 

 afterwards to Mr James Lowther and Mr Robert Vyner 

 in succession, was at one time with Viney, who trained 

 the haif-breds for Lord Feversham, such as Queen of 

 Diamonds, etc. He is still alive and has several times 

 travelled with blood stock for me to Australia and else- 

 where. He even did his bit in the war, in the horse 

 department, though goodness knows how old he is 

 older than I am, at any rate. 



Mr Houldsworth and Prince Soltykoff were two of 

 the great Turf standbys whom we have lost. The 

 former was a very staunch sportsman, and, like all the 

 good old sort, stood by his old trainer, James Ryan, to 

 the last. He secured the best of the Sunshine breed 

 after the death of Mr Merry, and though he and Ryan 

 never worked it into its full value, yet in combination 

 with Springfield it developed into an absolutely priceless 

 line of blood. 



Prince Soltykoff, too, though he enjoyed many suc- 

 cesses during his long career, never bred anything so 

 good as Hurry On, who comes from the line of blood 

 which he had cultivated for years and years. A 

 curious man was the old Prince, and to some extent 

 a relic of the strange mid-century days, which George 

 Hodgman's book so accurately records. Still more 

 strange was Professor Catterall, who used to be 

 veterinary adviser and general agent for the old Prince 

 in most of the affairs of his life. When I last saw 

 Prince Soltykoff I drove down to the race-course at 

 Newmarket with him and he then assured me that 

 Thurio was undoubtedly by Tibthorpe not Cremorne 



