HENRY SAVILE 



marked success at the stud, but this did not prove 

 to be the case. His very first alliance was with 

 Verona, an old mare belonging to Prince Solty- 

 koff. She had broken over and over again to 

 Tibthorpe, and foaled exactly to the date of her 

 second service by Cremorne, so that there can be 

 no doubt that the produce was by him. This was 

 Thurio, not a colt of the very highest class, but 

 still quite good enough to play a very useful part 

 in making the reputation of a young sire. By the 

 way, as an instance of the manner in which fees 

 have increased during the last five -and -twenty 

 years, it may be noted that Cremorne began stud 

 fife at Ruffbrd Abbey at the modest subscrip- 

 tion of 100 guineas. A horse of his altogether 

 exceptional class would command three times that 

 sum in the present day. The promise held out 

 by his initial effort was never redeemed, and, with 

 the exception of Kermesse, I can recall nothing 

 else by Cremorne that was within 21 lb. of his own 

 best form. The career of Lord Rosebery's flying 

 filly, which unfortunately was very brief, was so 

 remarkable that I cannot refrain from taking a 

 glance at it. She was foaled in 1879, and was out 

 of that good mare Hazeldean. Her first appear- 

 ance was made in the Stanley Stakes, an hour 

 after Iroquois had placed the Derby to the credit 

 of the Stars and Stripes. She must have been 

 very highly tried, as slight odds were laid upon her 

 against a field of eight, which included Sweetbread 

 and Isabel, who has since gained immortality as 

 the dam of St. Frusquin ; Kermesse won by 

 a length from Isabel, and an un-named filly by 

 Cremorne out of Chaplet was third. The New 

 Stakes at Ascot fell a very easy prey to her. King- 

 dom being the best of the other nine runners, and 

 this time Isabel was beaten a long way. She met 



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