GALOPIN AND PETRARCH 



event being the excitement engendered by the 

 Two Thousand triumph of Galhard, a son of 

 Galopin. 



At the sale of Prince Batthyany's horses, which 

 took pUice soon afterwards, Galopin was purchased 

 by Mr. Chaplin for 8000 guineas, and right worthily 

 did he ultimately fill Hermit's place at the Blankney 

 Stud. He was at the head of the list of winning 

 sires in 1888, 1889, and 1898, and, as he was twenty- 

 six years old in the last-mentioned year, it was 

 really marvellous that he should have occupied 

 such a position. To have sired St. Simon alone 

 was sufficient to have bestowed immortality upon 

 any stud horse, but he also gave us Galliard and 

 Disraeli, winners of the Two Thousand ; Galeottia, 

 who secured the One Thousand ; Donovan, winner 

 of the Derby, St. Leger, and upwards of £55,000 

 in stakes, and many other good ones. The follow- 

 ing table of the winnings of his sons and daughters 

 may be interesting : — 



He was twenty-seven years of age at the time of 

 his death, having outlived his famous contempo- 

 rary Hampton, by nearly eighteen months, and, up 

 to the very last, there was little falling off in the 

 promise shown by his stock. 



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