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Welbeck stallion. He is just the same short 

 horse on high legs, heavier-topped than St. Simon, 

 but possessing a full share of the extraordinary 

 vitality that is such a marked characteristic of the 

 family. This heavy top, and being a very gross 

 colt, always made him extremely difficult to train ; 

 moreover, he suffered from chronic rheumatism, and 

 was constantly more or less lame. This will prob- 

 ably account for his first appearance being delayed 

 until the Royal Two-Year-Old Plate at Kempton 

 Park in May ; indeed, he was distinctly lame then, 

 or his stable companion, Gulistan, who was giving 

 him a couple of pounds, would not have got any"- 

 where near him, instead of running him to a neck. 

 Nor was he by any means sound when he easily 

 landed the Sandringham Cup at Sandown Park 

 from Labrador and four others, of whom Serpentine, 

 the winner of the Woodcote Stakes, was a strong 

 favourite. In the Chesterfield Stakes he had 

 nothing to beat, but the ground was very hard 

 during that summer and the early autumn, and 

 Hayhoe had very great difficulty in keeping him 

 going at all. In fact he had to miss some of his 

 engagements, and was decidedly short of work 

 when sent to Kempton to run for the Imperial 

 Produce Stakes. Nor was this the only dis- 

 advantage under which he laboured in this race. 

 T. Loates believed himself to be free to ride him, 

 but, almost at the last moment, he was claimed 

 by Mr. INI'Calmont for Runnelstone, and it was 

 necessary to put up Finlay. The latter had never 

 ridden the colt previously, and consequently knew 

 nothing about him, moreover he was not quite 

 strong enough to do him full justice. This is 

 the explanation of St. Frusquin's failure to give 

 12 lb. to Teufel, which, under ordinary circum- 

 stances, he would have had no difficulty in doing, 



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