GLADIATEUR 



ground, and this explanation may doubtless be 

 accepted, as Gladiateur's dead-heat with Longdown 

 for third place was far too bad to be true. Nor 

 need any attention be paid to his faihng to get a 

 place in the Criterion Stakes, which was the only 

 other engagement he fullilled that iseason, as he had 

 no price in the quotations, and both he and Le 

 Mandarin were coughing so badly that they ought 

 never to have been started. 



In the following season the difficulties in the 

 wav of training Gladiateur still further increased, 

 and he was so constantly lame that he was blistered 

 on both fore-legs. This kept him in the stable for 

 the whole of January and part of February, so that 

 his preparation was naturally a very light one. 

 Anxious to get something of a line of the three- 

 year-old form, and also to secure a reliable trial 

 horse for the crack, Jennings was determined to 

 run Argences in the Newmarket Biennial, a course 

 to which the Count was very much opposed, as he 

 had a higher opinion of that colt than he ever 

 deserved, and thought that he could win a good 

 race or two in France with him. In fact, he 

 definitely decided that Argences should not run, 

 and was highly indignant when his trainer, who 

 usually managed to have his own way in these 

 matters, took the colt to the course, and instructed 

 Harry Grimshaw to weigli out for him. Even 

 when matters had proceeded thus far Count 

 Lagrange declared that Argences should not start ; 

 but the imperturbable Jennings pointed out that, 

 as his number was up, his withdrawal would be 

 very difficult if not impossible, and would be 

 certain to cause a great deal of unpleasantness. 

 The race was won by the notorious Kangaroo, 

 who was sold almost immediately afterwards to 

 the Marquis of Hastings for £12,000, and will 



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