REGALIA 



Wild Agnes was second, and Zephyr, a fair race- 

 horse but destined to become far more famous as 

 the dam of Favonius, third, whilst the three placed 

 fillies in the One Thousand were completely out of 

 it. After this victory Mr. Harlock disposed of 

 Regalia to the Messrs. Graham, and, though she 

 sometimes ran in the name of one, and sometimes 

 of the other, she usually carried the " green, black 

 belt, green cap" of " ]Mr. William." She never ran 

 between the Oaks and St. Leger, and a respect- 

 able second to Gladiateur in the Doncaster race 

 was as much as could be expected of her. The 

 following notice appears in the Caleiidar after the 

 report of the St. Leger of 1865 : 



"Previous to the race the owner of Regalia 

 objected to Gladiateur on the score of age, and 

 requested to have his mouth examined. The 

 usual certificate having been produced when this 

 horse ran for the Derby, the Stewards refused now 

 to entertain the objection, unless IMr. Graham 

 could state in writing his grounds for supposing 

 that the horse was not of the right age. This he 

 failed to do, and though the objection was repeated 

 after the race, the Stewards still declined to inter- 

 fere, and ordered the stakes to be paid over to 

 Count F. de Lagrange.*' 



The course adopted by the Stewards was un- 

 doubtedly the only right and proper one, for, all 

 the usual formalities having been complied with, 

 it would have been a gross insult to such a grand 

 sportsman as the late Count Frederic de Lagrange 

 to have ordered an examination of Gladiateur's 

 mouth. To this day there are people who main- 

 tain that the mighty Frenchman was " an old 'un " 

 when he gained his " triple crown," but they said, 



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