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ful filly was then at her very best, and then she 

 had a rest until the Newmarket First October, at 

 which Knight of the Garter gave her 4 lb. and a 

 very easy beating in the Rutland Stakes. It 

 seems, however, that she never quite regained 

 her form that season, for her only other success 

 was gained in a T.Y.C. match at the Houghton 

 Meetino' ajjainst one of Lord Glasgow's un-named 

 ones, and, later in the same week, Viridis gave her 

 11 lb. and beat her out of a place for a nursery 

 over the R.M. 



She must have done well during the winter, for 

 she earned three brackets in the following season 

 before Friponnier and D'Estournel put her into 

 third place for a plate over the Rowley Mile on 

 Easter Monday. Fancy three of this class — to say 

 nothing of Plutus, Knight of the Crescent, and 

 others who were unplaced — turning out nowadays 

 for a prize worth 100 sov. ; ten times that amount 

 would not tempt them. Friponnier was in wonder- 

 ful form that year, and earned no fewer than 

 eighteen brackets, his solitary defeat being sustained 

 from Knifi^ht of the Garter over a mile course at 

 the Ascot Spring Meeting. Mr. Pryor's colt could 

 scarcely have been himself on that day, for, later in 

 the season, he showed himself to be as good as 

 Hermit, who was always about 12 lb. in front 

 of Knight of the Garter. Then D'Estournel 

 possessed brilliant speed, and nothing but his 

 ungovernable temper prevented him from winning 

 many more races than actually fell to his share. 

 Hippia was not engaged in the One Thousand, 

 and I think there is little doubt that she owed her 

 Oaks victory to the fact that Achievement had 

 temporarily "gone off'," indeed Col. Pearson's 

 brilliant filly was not really herself that season 

 until she had been given a rest, and came out again 



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