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in 1828, he was descended from a Russian Field Marshal, who got the title by 

 beating no less a man than Frederick the Great. After himself taking part in 

 the campaign before Silistria, he came to Newmarket, and soon showed that he 

 had not won thirteen out of fifteen races in one meeting at Moscow for nothing. 

 About his earliest success must have been the Queen's Vase at Plymouth, and 

 three years afterwards he was elected to the Jockey Club, as its first Russian 

 member, and celebrated the occasion by winning the Portland Plate of 1867. 

 His best horses were Tibthorpe, Sheen, Balfe, Ttmrio (Grand Prix), Lucetta 

 (Cambridgeshire), and Gold (Ascot Cup). Though he ran second for both One 

 Thousand and Oaks, with Argo Navis, to Miss fummy, his nearest thing to a 

 classic victory was when 

 his Sun Rose was hung- 

 up in the starting-gate 

 for the One Thousand 

 of 1903, and was only 

 beaten by a length and 

 a half, protest disallowed, 

 because (ran the official 

 answer) it was made 

 too late. Apparently it 

 reached the stewards six- 

 teen minutes (instead of 

 a quarter of an hour) 

 after the race. Much as 

 every one regretted this, 

 few realised it would be the Prince's last chance. His hospitalities at Kremlin 

 Lodge, whence he used often to walk across in his slippers to Lag-range House 

 to see the thoroughbreds, will be much missed at Newmarket, which has had 

 so many losses to bear of late. It was old Torn Jennings who trained Sheen 

 for him for the Cesarewitch, which he won under gst. sib., the highest weight 

 ever carried successfully in this race. 



1 he case of Sun fiose brought Prince Soltykoff's name into prominence in 

 connection with the discussion as to the advisability of the starting-gate. Into that 

 discussion I do not propose to go very far, because the gate itself will probably 

 disappear before the arguments about it have ceased. It was tried in the United 





" Goletta " (1894) by " Galopin" 



