Prince Charles Kinsky 



"JousifFe, my trainer, came to me on the course, and told 

 me all this, adding, that there was ^300 or so for third, and 

 Bendigo might as well have it, especially as he didn't think it 

 would do the horse any harm to run ; so we sent for him there 

 and then. He was giving Ormonde and Minting 3 lbs., if 

 I remember right, and at the distance it was anybody's race, 

 and if he had been ridden right out he would certainly have 

 finished within a length of the winner. 



" I feel certain that had he been really well and trained 

 specially for the race, he would have won outright. 



" When he won the Jubilee, a fortnight or so before, he was 

 at his best ; but the reverse was the case at Ascot, where he 

 was certainly not hurrying, or anything like it. 



" No, I never rode Bendigo. / thought him far too 

 precious!'' 



H.S.H. PRINCE CHARLES KINSKY 



The victory of a foreign sportsman in any of our more 

 important races — especially in recent years — is invariably well 

 received over here, but we cannot call to mind one which met 

 with a heartier greeting than when Prince, then Count Charles 

 Kinsky cantered home ten lengths ahead of his field in the 

 Grand National of 1883. 



The second son of Prince Kinsky, the head of one of the 

 most ancient families in Hungary, which from time immemorial 

 have been famed for their love of horses and sports, the subject 

 of our memoir was born in 1859. With both parents devoted 

 to riding and hunting — the Princess, his mother, was one of the 



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