So the flDcmon? 



OF 



HIS GRACE THE FIRST DUKE OF WESTMINSTER 



OWNER 



OF THF. FINEST STUD OK THOROUGHBREDS F.VF.K SF.EN IN ENGLAND 



WHO WON Till-. 



TRIPLE CROWN 



OF GUINEAS, DERBY AND ST. LEGER 

 TWICE 



AND HAS NOW, TO THE LASTING REGKET OF ALL WHO VALUED 

 HONESTY, COURAGE, AND THE TRUEST SPORTSMANSHIP 



JOINED 



THE GREAT COMPANY OF HIS PREDECESSORS 

 THOSE NOBLE PATRONS OF 



THE ENGLISH TURF 



NOW SETTLING IN THE ELYSIAN FIELDS THE PROBLEM WE MUST STILL DEBATE 



WHETHER F.CUPSE OR ORMONDE 

 WAS THE FASTER HORSE 



Chu- first Volume id Bo>icate> 



WITH PROFOUND RESPECT AND ADMIRATION 



BY 



THE WRITER. 



May, 1901 



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