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these two horses, considered at two years of age 

 to be worthy of being mentioned in the same 

 breath, St. Simon has become the * crack ' sire, 

 almost equal in fame already to Stockwell, and 

 Duke of Richmond has been ' added to the list ' 

 and taught to 'jump over sticks.' A curious 

 example of the vicissitudes of race-horses.) 



A.D. 1885 : The Duke of Portland's brown geld- 

 ing Iambic, by Martyrdom, four years, 1 1 st. 7 lb., 

 beat Admiral Tryon's (Arab) Asil, four years, 7 st. 

 (F. Barrett), last three miles of B.C. at New- 

 market Second Spring; 100, h. ft.; 5 to 4 on 

 Iambic; won by twenty lengths; no 'clocking.' 

 (Noticeable as indicating the further collapse of 

 the Arab.) 



Other memorable matches between race-horses 

 are not readily recalled to mind — indeed, they are 

 scarcely to be expected in these days of racing for 

 ' public money ' to the tune of tens of thousands 

 of pounds. But there are a few matches or 

 quasi-matches which, though they belong to a 

 different category, are deserving of notice. 



A.D. 1888 : On July 13, James Selby, the 

 famous 'whip,' who died on December 14 in the 

 same year, drove from London to Brighton and 



