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A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH TURF. 



doing well on their own account already. In William- the Third, the Duke of 

 Portland seemed likely in 1 904 to possess a legitimate successor to St. Simon ; and 

 a son of the old stallion, bred by the owner of them both, is a very natural favourite 

 at Welbeck. William the Third started his stud career at the high fee of 

 200 guineas ; and his reputation, as one of the best stayers of recent years, has 

 evidently done no harm to his prospects as a sire. 



The Duke brought Carbine, in June, 1895, from Australia, at the price of 

 .13,000, and his arrival at what was probably at that date the most valuable 

 stud in the world was celebrated by a regular reception for those who were 

 interested in thoroughbred stock on the very day when the late Colonel McCalmont 



was elected for the New- 

 market Division. To 

 the cheers for his victory 

 at lunch was added 

 "one more cheer for 

 Isinglass" before the 

 guests passed out, in 

 the most appropriate 

 frame of mind, to in- 

 spect the Welbeck stud. 

 Raeburn, the only horse 

 who ever finished in 



" Kilcock " (1892) by " Kiltaarlin" 



front of Isinglass, was 



standing 

 stallions, 



among 



the 



t_7 



with Havoc, 



Cliild of the Mist, Donovan, St. Simon, and Carbine. The last-named, a son of 

 Musket out of Mersey, is stoutly made, with an excellent and muscular stifle, powerful 

 loins and quarters, a straight hind leg, but only fair shoulders, and the humerus 

 is a trifle short. He was only once unplaced in all his forty-three races in Australia, 

 and won thirty-three of them, at all distances from five furlongs to three miles, his 

 crowning triumph being the Melbourne Cup of two miles, carrying lost. 5lb. as 

 a five-year-old. Behind the saddle it would be difficult to find a fault, but his 

 shoulders are certainly not all that his victories would lead one to expect. However, 

 his lethargic disposition is exactly the right one for mating with those Galopin and 

 St. Simon mares, who sometimes possess an excess of the quality in which he is 



