THE HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD 



He gave way in the suspensory ligament of both 

 fore-legs, the near one being the worse, and it was 

 found to be quite impossible to trahi him. As 

 things turned out, this was an exceptional piece of 

 ill fortune for his owner, as Persimmon was not 

 within 14 lb. of his best form on the St. Leger 

 day, and Watts had once to use his whip to induce 

 him to make an effort to shake off Labrador. 

 Under these circumstances St. Frusquin,fit and well, 

 must have beaten him very easily, but there would 

 have been no particular credit to be gained by a 

 victory under such conditions, and it is, perhaps, 

 just as well that these two really great horses 

 should go down to posterity " bracketed equal." 

 No gamer horse than St. Frusquin has ever been 

 saddled, and it will be very interesting to watch 

 whether he or Persimmon is destined to prove the 

 legitimate successor of St. Simon as the champion 

 stallion of his day. 



It is a noteworthy circumstance that the luck 

 of the house of llothschild has almost invariably 

 come from mares that were generally considered 

 to be almost worthless. I have already mentioned 

 Evening Star ; she was purchased from Mr. Old- 

 aker for a comparatively small sum, and threw 

 Daughter of the Star, who was the dam of Hippia. 

 Another lucky purchase from Mr. Oldaker was 

 Emerald, whom he had picked up cheaply at 

 Tattersall's. Baron Meyer de Rothschild took a 

 ticket in a lottery for an emerald, which he won, 

 and, having no use for the stone, sold it for £240 

 and invested the money in this mare, naming her 

 Emerald. Seldom has there been a more happy 

 speculation, for, amongst others, she threw King of 

 Diamonds, Mentmore, and INIentmore Lass. The 

 last-mentioned was the dam of Zephyr, Hannah, 

 and Breeze; the alliance of the first -mentioned 



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