LORD FALMOUTH 



essays as a two-year-old, whereas Busybody's per- 

 formances at that age were exceptionally brilliant. 

 She did not make a start until the Newmarket 

 First October, at which she defeated a somewhat 

 moderate lot for the Rous Memorial Stakes. 

 Then came her triumph in the JVIiddle Park Plate, 

 Superba and Queen Adelaide being behind her, 

 whilst, a couple of days later, she carried off the 

 Great Challenge Stakes, that very speedy four- 

 year-old, Despair, failing by a neck to give her 22 

 lb. Her only reverse was sustained in the Dew- 

 hurst Plate, in which she just failed to concede 3 

 lb. to Queen Adelaide. This should have been a 

 task well within her powers, and I think it is fair 

 to presume that she was not quite up to the mark 

 on that occasion. 



It will be seen that the prospect of Heath 

 House playing a proininent part in the classic 

 races of 1884 could scarcely have been brighter 

 than it was, but Lord Falmouth was not to be 

 tempted to alter his determination to retire from 

 the Turf, and his horses in training were sold at 

 Newmarket on the Monday of the First Spring 

 Week, whilst the yearlings, brood mares and foals, 

 and stallions were disposed of at the same place on 

 the INIonday of the July Week. No sale of more 

 importance has ever taken place before or since, 

 and I think that the return of it, for which I am 

 indebted to the Sportsman, is well worthy of 



reproduction. 



Horses in Training 



Guineas. 



Grandmaster, ch. c. by Kins^craft — Queen Bertha, 4 yrs., 



M. C. J. Lefe\a'e . " 550 



Prince Maurice (brother to Dutch Oven), ch. c. by Dutch 



Skater — Cantiniere, 4 yrs.. Lord Hastings . . 500 



Titlark, b. c. by Skylark — Placentia, 3 yrs., Mr. Lawrence 130 



Harvester, br. c. by Sterling — Wheatear, 3 yrs.. Sir J. 



Willoughby 8600 



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