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victory, gave him his chance at Epsom, of which 

 he did not fail to avail himself, although there 

 were half a dozen better favourites amongst the 

 seventeen that ran for the "blue ribbon" of that 

 year. Glen Arthur was second to him, and the 

 correctness of the form was amply confirmed a 

 fortnight later, when he beat JVIr. Mitchell-Innes's 

 colt very much more easily in the Ascot Derby 

 than he had done at Epsom. After this he had 

 the advantage of an uninterrupted preparation for 

 the Leger, for which, as had been the case with 

 the Derby, he ran quite untried, though his 

 exercise gallops with Lady Golightly had doubt- 

 less satisfied Matthew Dawson that he retained 

 his form, and he beat his stable companion and 

 twelve others very easily indeed. At the same 

 time they were only a moderate lot, and there 

 would have been a danger that Silvio would have 

 been generally overrated, had he not been pulled 

 out against Springfield for the Champion Stakes 

 at the Second October Meeting. There was 

 nothing to choose between them in the betting, 

 but Mr. Houldsworth's great horse, who was then 

 a four-year-old, conceded 12 lb. and won as he 

 chose, although the A^erdict was only a length. 

 Silvio made a capital start in the following season 

 by giving 11 lb. and an easy beating to Belphcebe 

 over the D.I., and in his next race conceded 

 exactly the same amount of weight to Thunderstone 

 over the Cesarewitch course. It was no disgrace 

 to him to succumb to Verneuil in the Ascot Cup, 

 for the French colt was in simply irresistible form 

 during that week. Nor was it in the least surprising 

 that he should have failed to give 15 lb. for the 

 year to his stable companion, Jannette, in the 

 Champion Stakes ; indeed, this may be regarded 

 as one of his best efforts, for the two finished by 



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