THE GRADUAL RISE 



Borrow third in front of Minehead, Scotch Duke, 

 Beau Bois, Sporty, and The Angel Man. 



The name of Prince Kinsky recalls a good sportsman 

 whose sympathies were surely as much English as 

 Austrian. There have been few more popular 

 personages in the racing world within my memory. 

 One of his great pleasures in keeping horses was to 

 know that his friends had backed them when they 

 won. Mediator, of whom mention has just been 

 made, was much fancied for the Lincolnshire Handicap 

 of 1 9 14, the year which converted the Prince into an 

 enemy of this country ; he was inclined to expect that 

 the horse would win, having, however, some doubt 

 as to whether the mile might not prove too far, and he 

 took the greatest pains to explain to me just exactly 

 how the matter stood in his opinion. The Angel Man 

 was a curious animal. After, it is said, no fewer than 

 thirty-three defeats — so the calculation is given, for 

 I have not checked it — he suddenly took to winning 

 races, and won five consecutively without a failure. 

 Quantock's successes naturally meant increased weight. 

 Though almost favourite for the Great Eastern Handi- 

 cap he was unplaced to Harmonicon, separated from 

 that speedy colt by such exceptionally fast animals as 

 Diadumenos, Borrow, White Star, Halos, Moscato 

 and Great Surprise, nor was he more prominent in the 

 Richmond Plate behind Castleton, Diadumenos, 

 Borrow again, with Iron Duke, Prester Jack, Sir 



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