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1816), Filho da Puta was defeated by him, and 

 was remarkable in his death, which was so 

 mysterious that a post-viortem was ordered, when 

 it was discovered that the horse must have met 

 with an unsuspected accident (probably from 

 antics or hasty movements in his box), whereby 

 ' his near pelvis-bone was fractured, just where 

 the head of the thigh is re-curved into the socket, 

 and a portion of the fractured bone had forced 

 its way into the abdomen, and, by tearing the 

 bloodvessels, made an immense wound, which 

 caused the fatal hemorrhage.' As for Copen- 

 hagen, he was, of course, the famous charger 

 ridden by the Duke of Wellington at the battle 

 of Waterloo, after running with some little success 

 on the turf, and, though half-bred, admitted into 

 Mr. Weatherby's ' Stud Book ' (first published in 

 George III.'s reign, in 1793) on account, no 

 doubt, of distinction gained ' in the wars.' To 

 these three must be added the three famous 

 brothers — Selim, Castrel, and Rubens (sire of 

 Sir Joshua), more renowned as sires than runners 

 (one of them, Castrel, having been a noted 

 ' roarer '). 



By the close of George III.'s reign the colours 



