H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES 



Knight of the Thistle, and Bay Ronald were the 

 pick of it. It is not too much to write that he had 

 the race in hand before he had travelled a quarter 

 of a mile, and it is quite certain that Watts never 

 had occasion to ask him to move out of a nice 

 exercise gallop. This was his last race as a three- 

 year-old. He had other valuable engagements that 

 he could not possibly have missed winning, but he 

 was always a very excitable colt, and a race, even 

 when he had things all his own way in it, took far 

 more out of him than any one who did not know 

 him well would have imagined possible. The one 

 idea was to win the Ascot Cup of the following 

 season with him, and it was very judiciously 

 resolved not to run the smallest risk of sending 

 him into winter quarters light and overdone. 



This policy was amply justified by the result, 

 for the colt was thoroughly fresh, strong, and well 

 when he began a long and steady preparation early 

 the following year. His training was not un- 

 attended by trouble and anxiety, for the spring and 

 summer were again very dry, and Marsh must have 

 felt great relief when he pulled up sound after each 

 long gallop. Glentilt was his companion in most 

 of these, and though, owing to the state of the 

 ground, it was not considered advisable to subject 

 such a big heavy colt to the ordeal of a regular 

 trial, he did quite enough in his stripped gallops 

 to convince all connected with him that he fully 

 retained all his dash and speed, and that there was 

 no fear of his failing to stay every yard of the 

 course. Years ago, no Derby winner was con- 

 sidered to have fully set the seal on his fame until 

 he had won an Ascot Cup. It was a sportsman- 

 like feeling which all real lovers of the Turf would 

 be glad to see revived, and it is to be hoped that 

 the example set by the Prince of Wales with 



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