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A HISTORY OF THE- ENGLISH TURF. 



season got the Derby winner, Volodyovski, out of La Reine, who was by Rosi- 

 crucian, and the St. Leger winner in Doricles, not to mention other successes 

 like Mackintosh, Floriform, Champagne, and Uncle Sol. Victor Wild stands here 

 too, who was beloved by the public as much for his stoutness and courage as 

 because he broke nearly all the starting-price bookmakers who wrote his name 

 down. A big, blaze-faced chestnut, the white on him showed like a flag of victory 

 in many a hard-fought race, won by his splendid back and quarters. He was 



From the painting by Emil Adam, in the 

 possession of Lord Rosebery. 



" Velasquez:'' 



bred (by Mr. A. Mostyn Owen) in 1890 by Albert Victor out of Wild huntress, 

 and was bought after his first victory as a two-year-old by Mr. T. Worton, who 

 owns him still. As a four-year-old he won the Royal Hunt Cup, and in his next 

 season he beat the four-year-old Grey Leg in a canter for the Jubilee Stakes at 

 Kempton Park ; Clorane beat him by a head, when he carried gst. 6lb., in his 

 next attempt on the Royal Hunt Cup. His great race for the Kempton Park 

 Jubilee Stakes, which he won for the second time, in 1896, will never be forgotten, 

 for he was giving 2st. gib. to Kilcock, the second horse. His third effort resulted 



