THE HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD 



being away in Yorkshire, the touts had slightly 

 relaxed their usual vigilance, and the only one 

 of the fraternity that witnessed the trial was 

 Sam Quince. He held his tongue on the promise 

 of being allowed to stand in the stable commission, 

 which was consequently executed without any 

 difficulty, and averaged 33 to 1, a very nice price 

 indeed to get about a filly who was practically 

 a Leger winner, and was handicapped at 7 st. 

 12 lb. The money being safely invested, it was a 

 judicious move to run Corisande for the Grand 

 Duke Michael Stakes at the First October 

 Meeting, as she only had three very moderate 

 opponents, and merely did a nice exercise gallop 

 in picking up a stake worth £700. Noyre Tauren, 

 a half-brother to Lord Lyon and Achievement, by 

 Vedette, was a red-hot favourite for the Cesare- 

 witch of that year, starting at 4 to 1 in a field of 

 twenty-seven. He was a five-year-old, who was 

 turned loose with 6 st. 6 lb., but performed about 

 as badly as these mysterious favourites usually do, 

 though he proved that he could gallop a bit in the 

 Cambridgeshire of the same season, being close 

 up with Sabinus, Sterling, and Allbrook as they 

 fought out their memorable finish. In consequence 

 of the great demand for Noyre Tauren, however, 

 12 to 1 was always obtainable about Corisande, 

 and she won by half a length from Cardinal York, 

 who was giving her 16 lb. and ran about the best 

 race of his life. A 7 lb. penalty effectually stopped 

 Baron Rothschild's filly in the Cambridgeshire, 

 nor was she more successful in the Rowley 

 Handicap later in the week ; probably the training 

 for the Cesarewitch had taken the edge off her 

 speed. 



A defeat in the Northamptonshire Stakes in 

 the following spring was succeeded by a runaway 



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