LORD FALMOUTH 



never again in quite such trim as she had been in 

 the preceding autumn. 



GaUiard, a bay or brown colt by Galopin out of 

 Mavis, inherited more than a fair share of the 

 excitability of his race, indeed Sharp characterises 

 him as "a very tricky young gentleman." This 

 did not prevent his possessing the gift of going in 

 a marked degree, for, prior to making his first 

 public appearance — in the Chesterfield Stakes — he 

 cleared out seven of Matthew Dawson's in great 

 style in a trial. It is not surprising, therefore, that 

 he was an odds-on favourite for that race, or that 

 he should have won as he liked. He was coughing 

 when he carried off the Prince of Wales's Stakes 

 at York, and the effect of this race, when he was 

 not really fit to run, will probably account for his 

 being about last in the Champagne Stakes at 

 Doncaster. Still, few better fields have ever gone 

 to the post for this historic event than upon this 

 occasion, the other four runners being Hauteur, 

 Macheath, Chislehurst, and The Prince. It took 

 Galliard a long time to shake off the effects of a 

 couple of races when he was by no means fit, and 

 he did not winter so well as could have been 

 wished. Indeed he was not quite up to the mark 

 when he won the Two Thousand, which will 

 account for Goldfield and The Prince making such 

 a close finish of it with him. The race will always 

 be sadly memorable for the tragic death of Prince 

 Batthyany, the excitement engendered by the hard- 

 won victory of a son of his idolised Galopin being 

 too much for the veteran sportsman. This race 

 seemed to do Galliard good, and he made marked 

 improvement in the time that intervened between 

 it and the Derby. Of his defeat at Epsom by St. 

 Blaise and Highland Chief I prefer to write as little 

 as possible. The true history of it may be known to 



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