H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES 



riorizel II. fought out a finish with Omnium II. 

 with wonderful determination, and only failed by 

 a head to concede 4 lb. to the best horse in 

 France. This was his last race, and, so far as 

 can be judged from the altogether exceptional 

 promise shown by his foals and yearlings, and the 

 fine performances of some of his first crop of two- 

 year-olds, Volodyovski, Floriform, and Doricles 

 being quite in the first class, his career at the 

 stud is likely to be a very distinguished one. 



Unlike his elder brother, Persimmon was a 

 really good one from the very outset of his career. 

 At Lincoln in 1895 the Sudbrooke Selling Plate 

 was won by Rags, a nippy little two-year-old filly 

 by Hambledon out of Thriftless, who won by a 

 head, and had a big field behind her. Marsh 

 secured her for 100 guineas after the race, and she 

 proved remarkably useful in trying the juveniles at 

 Efferton House. One and all of these failed to 

 get near her when attempting to give 14 lb. to 

 her, until it came to Persimmon's turn, and, the 

 very first time that he had his clothes off, he 

 conceded her 35 lb. and beat her. Being such 

 a big lengthy colt it was decided not to bring 

 him out until Ascot, the Coventry Stakes being 

 selected for his first appearance in public. It 

 was fully intended to have him tried before the 

 race, but the ground was so hard that it was 

 considered wiser not to run this risk, and nothing 

 was positively known of his capabilities when he 

 ran his first race, though the gallop with Rags had 

 pretty well assured Marsh that the colt was some- 

 thing out of the common. Meli Melo, who had 

 won the Acorn Stakes at Epsom about three 

 weeks previously, proved to be the best of his 

 seven opponents, amongst whom were Dynamo, 

 Galveston, and Rampion, so Persimmon's task was 



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