THE PRINCE OF THE T.Y.C. 



stuck to the shoulder theory, but Greaves and 

 Kerry — the latter of whom did all the plating for 

 Bedford Lodge — were convinced that the lame- 

 ness was in the foot, and Kerry pared it down 

 until he discovered a quantity of matter in the 

 pan of the heel. Then came more poulticing, and 

 he was soon able to wear a shoe again, though it 

 was only fastened on with about three nails, 

 and the precaution was adopted of putting a 

 leather between the shoe and the foot. All this 

 sort of thing naturally interfered sadly with his 

 preparation, and he really only had a fortnight's 

 strong work for the Middle Park Plate. His 

 trial took place on the Saturday before the 

 Second Spring Meeting, the examiner being 

 Mr. T. V. Morgan's St, Vincent. This was a 

 three -year -old who had just won the Portland 

 Plate at Doncaster with 6 st. 7 lb. in the saddle, 

 and, in addition to Prince Charlie, there were 

 three other two-year-olds in the gallop. This took 

 place by the side of the Bretby Stakes course ; 

 St. Vincent, ridden by French, and Prince Charlie, 

 with Hunt up, carried even weights, and the 

 former won a good race by a head. Considering 

 the very backward condition of " The Prince," this 

 was a remarkably good performance, and he was 

 at last promoted from " the Hovels " to the 

 regular stables. There were sixteen runners for 

 the Middle Park Plate, but, had not Prince 

 Charlie been very backward, he would never have 

 started at 100 to 9, nor would Laburnum have run 

 him to a head ; albeit Baron Rothschild's King 

 Tom colt was a very smart one on the rare 

 occasions when he was; in the humour to do his 

 best. Another fortnight's work did wonders for 

 Prince Charlie, and he had " come on " in remark- 

 able fashion when he took part in the Criterion 



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