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but they would certainly feel somewhat abashed at the greatly increased amount 

 of varied business, and extremely heavy responsibility, which the modern trainer 

 has to face in addition to the simpler duties of his predecessor. In moving his horses 

 from Kingsclere, the Prince of Wales was no doubt influenced by the fact that 

 Newmarket is now not only within an easy run from London, but also comparatively 

 close to Sandringham. His horses were accompanied by those of Baron Hirsch and 

 Lord Marcus Beresford, to which were added several belonging to the Duke of 

 Devonshire and Mr. Brodrick Cloete, who only left Egerton House in order to 

 try one of the most enjoyable forms of amusement, and train on their own estates 

 the horses they had bred themselves, an ideal occupation for any one who has 

 the opportunity to enjoy 

 it. Lord Wolverton, 

 Mr. J. W. Larnach (who 

 owned the Derby winner 

 fedda/i), Mr. Leopold cle 

 Rothschild, Lord Hind- 

 lip, Lord W. Beresford, 

 Lord Dudley, Lord War- 

 wick, Lord Hastings, the 

 Duke of Portland, Mr. 

 Arthur James, and many 

 more, have at one time 

 or another had their 

 animals under Marsh's 

 charge; but it was "the 

 Prince's luck " that made the reputation of the stable, as may be gathered from 

 the fact that in six years Marsh scored the following successes for the Royal 

 colours, all with the three famous sons of Perdita II. , who died in 1899: with 

 Florizel II., the Manchester Cup, the Gold Vase at Ascot, the Goodwood Cup, and 

 other races ; with Persimmon, the Derby, St. Leger, Ascot Cup, Eclipse Stakes, 

 and Jockey Club Stakes ; and with Diamond J^lbilee, the Two Thousand, Derby, 

 St. Leger, Eclipse Stakes, and Newmarket Stakes. To these should be added 

 the One Thousand Guineas with Thais, who was by St. Serf out of Poetry, and 

 was very difficult to train. She died before the end of 1898, after having been 

 sent to Isinglass. If Thais had beaten Canterbury Pilgrim at Epsom as she did 



" Jeddah " (1895), by " Janissary ; 



