THE GRADUAL RISE 



with 8 st. 10 lb., on the same line with Violinist ; next 

 a good filly belonging to the late Lord Londonderry, 

 Benevente, 8 st. 9 lb. 



There was another colt moreover who had proved to 

 be 7 lb. in front of Scatwell, this being Skyrocket, a son • 

 of Sunstar and Maid of the Mist, the dam a daughter of 

 Sceptre by Cyllene. He began with a success, having 

 the best of a finish with Sonning and Hillhampton 

 for the Princess's Plate at the Newmarket Second 

 July. Though he won nothing more he by no means 

 lost caste, for when beaten half a length for the 

 Chesterton Nursery at one of the Extra Meetings he 

 was giving no less a weight than 22 lb. to a smart colt 

 named Rocksavage belonging to Sir William Cooke. 

 In the Middle Park Plate he was third to Benevente 

 and Herself, giving the latter 4 lb. more than weight 

 for sex, and in a Nursery at the Houghton Meeting, 

 when Herself beat him by three parts of a length, she 

 had a 15 lb. the better of the weights. Skyrocket 

 in the Free Handicap had 8 st. 8 lb., that is, he was 

 placed 6 lb. below Scatwell, an estimate which, as just 

 observed, did not accord with that of the stable. 

 Scatwell and Violinist are among the many horses who 

 found their way to India. 



Another two-year-old not unworthy to rank with 

 these was a son of Tredennis and Clare, presently to be 

 known as Treclare. He started in Ireland, going for. 

 the Camp Stake at the Curragh June Meeting, where 



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