LORD FALMOUTH 



Fortune together, and the One Thousand proved 

 the merest exercise canter for the latter, "a bad 

 third" being the verdict in the case of Recon- 

 ciliation. The Oaks was an equally easy task, for 

 Philippine, who was unbeaten as a two-year-old, 

 and afterwards won a couple of good sprint races 

 at Ascot, was quite incapable of getting a mile 

 and a half. In the Prince of Wales's Stakes at 

 Ascot, however, the conditions were altogether 

 different, as "the Wheel" had to concede 16 lb. to 

 Adventure, who was third to her at Epsom, and 

 to meet Rayon d'Or and Ruperra with the worst 

 of the weights, yet she scored once more in very 

 comfortable fashion. After this she was put aside 

 for her engagements at York and Doncaster, and 

 her preparation progressed as well as could have 

 been wished until the Sunday prior to the former 

 fixture. On that unfortunate morning she threw 

 the lad who was riding her at exercise and bolted, 

 making a luckless slip that deprived her of the 

 St. Leger and gave it to Rayon d'Or. Possibly, 

 had she been reserved for that race, she would 

 have won it all right, though it seems ridiculous 

 to question Matthew Dawson's judgment in a 

 matter of this kind, and it may be presumed that 

 it was by his advice that she was sent to York. 

 She pulled through the Oaks on the opening day. 

 Reconciliation being second to her, but when she 

 came into the paddock prior to the Great York- 

 shire Stakes on the Thursday, it was noticed that 

 she was wearing a black cloth on the off fore 

 pastern. Notwithstanding this danger signal 

 people could not believe that the invincible filly 

 could possibly be beaten, and odds of 3 to 1 were 

 laid on her as freely as ever. Her time had come 

 at last, and, after a gallant struggle with Ruperra, 

 against whom 100 to 7 was easily obtainable, she 



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