A GREAT YEAR 



for the success of the Rothschild stud. There were 

 several rich two-year-old prizes at that period which 

 no longer exist. St. Frusquin won the Royal Stakes 

 of ^3155 at Kempton, but in the Imperial Produce 

 Plate failed by half a length to give 12 lb. to a colt 

 named Teufel, a result the more unexpected because 

 the stable in which the winner was trained was remark- 

 able for winning a number of small stakes but seldom 

 sheltered a good horse. St. Frusquin proceeded to 

 win the Sandringham Gold Cup at Sandown, then a 

 race for two-year-olds, the Chesterfield, the Middle 

 Park, and the Dewhurst ; together with £450 for his 

 second at Kempton he earned in all £10,072 of the 

 £20,749 — a total below the average. Utica, another 

 characteristically Rothschild bred, a daughter of St. 

 Simon and Biserta, produced within a few sovereigns 

 of £2000. 



In 1896 St. Frusquin was a still more copious 

 contributor. As most people, even those outside the 

 racing world, are aware, the Prince of Wales's Per- 

 simmon beat Mr. Leopold de Rothschild's colt in the 

 Derby by a neck. Without in any way depreciating 

 the bearer of the Royal colours it must nevertheless be 

 admitted that it is a question whether the powerful 

 John Watts on Persimmon had not a marked advantage 

 over the little short-legged T. Loates, who at the time 

 could go to scale at 7 st. 5 lb. ? It may be urged that 

 T. Loates won a very large number of races, that in 



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