THE HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD 



Wyatt, at Myrtle Green, near Findon. During 

 the Doncaster meeting of '53, when he had been 

 beaten at Goodwood and won at Brighton, Baron 

 Rothschild finally agreed, after some highly in- 

 volved negotiations, to give Mr. Thellusson £2000 

 for him. VVilHam King brought him up to London, 

 and so on to Gorliambury, where he gave the two- 

 year -old Twinkle a stone with all ease in his 

 trial, and on the next Wednesday won a Triennial 

 at Newmarket. He was a good-tempered, light- 

 fleshed horse, and with fine speed, and ready for 

 any distance that was set him. Before the Derby 

 he was tried at 8 st. 9 lb. with Orestes 9 st. 1 lb., 

 Huntjerford 8 st. 2 lb., and Middlesex 7 st. 2 \h. 

 The last-named just beat him by half a neck, and 

 the others were nowhere. On the Monday before 

 the Derby he fell lame in the off hock, or, at all 

 events, somewhere in the off quarter, and, as he 

 did not do more than take a couple of canters 

 between then and the race, it was no slight per- 

 formance for him to separate Andover and Hermit." 

 Good as he was as a racehorse, his imperishable 

 fame was gained at the stud, where the sons of 

 Pocahontas distinguished themselves as the progeny 

 of no other brood mare have ever done. However, 

 the deeds of King Tom on a race-course do not come 

 within the scope of this volume, so I will make a 

 start with his daughter, Hippia. 



She was a bay out of Daughter of the Star, by 

 Kremlin out of Evening Star. The last-mentioned 

 mare originally belonged to the Marquis of West- 

 minster, from whom she was purchased by Mr. 

 Oldaker, who resold her to Baron Rothschild. In 

 August 1846 the Earl of Beaconsfield — then Mr. 

 Benjamin Disraeli — accompanied Baron Lionel de 

 Rothschild to Egham, and saw the un-named filly 

 by Kremlin out of Evening Star win a small 



209 P 



