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distinctly respectable form. Probably he was not 

 ready at Nottingham in July, but his second effort at 

 Manchester in September resulted in an easy win, 

 he having carried off the Egerton Three-Year-Old 

 Handicap in a canter by four lengths. Apparently 

 he was not much fancied for the Wharncliffe Three- 

 Year-Old Handicap at Doncaster ; but he wound up 

 with a win in the Stafford Welter Handicap at Wolver- 

 hampton. Ouantock won a couple of nominal ^500 

 stakes, and the tasks set him were by no means easy 

 ones. To begin with, he was beaten a short head by 

 Prester Jack for the Chieveley Handicap at Newbury, 

 and for the Stewards' Handicap at Kempton he did 

 not get off". The Calendar records that " Quantock 

 dwelt badly at the start," not indeed that it probably 

 mattered very much, for Hornet's Beauty was the 

 winner, and though he had not an unbeaten record 

 such as that to which reference has just been made, 

 he won eight of the twelve races in which he took part, 

 being moreover placed for three of the others. Here 

 the field included Prester Jack, Master Hopson, 

 Castleton, Minehead, Meeting House, Garryhoe, 

 and other speedy animals. But Quantock's day was 

 coming ; he won the Empire Stakes at Newbury by 

 six lengths, having led throughout, Castleton this time 

 second to him, and his second attempt for the Champion 

 Spring Handicap resulted in a comfortable victory by 

 a length and a half from Prince Kinsky's Mediator, 



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