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three years old), Glacliateur was tried over a mile course, 

 at Newmarket, carrying 9 st., against Argences (who 

 had just run in the Newmarket Biennial and was con- 

 sequently made the ' trial horse '), three years, 8 st., 

 Le Mandarin (thought to be second only to Gladiateur, 

 three years, 8 st. 7 lbs., and Le Bearnais (who had 

 won the Queen's Plate at Ascot and the Grand Crite- 

 rium at Paris the previous year), three years, 8 st. ; 

 and they ' finished ' in the order given : ' Won as he 

 liked ' being the verdict. 



On the 29th he was again tried over the same dis- 

 tance, still carrying 9 st., against Le Mandarin, three 

 years, 7 st. 10 lbs., and Vivid (who had run third for the 

 Oaks in 1863 and in 1864 had beaten Wingrave,Bathilde, 

 and Moulsey at weight for age over Eowley's mile), 

 five years, 8 st. 8 lbs. ; and they finished in the order 

 given : ' Won as he liked ' being again the verdict. 



Then came the Two Thousand, which he won, but 

 apparently with so little in hand that he was again 

 tried (for the Derby), still carrying 9 st., over a mile 

 and a half course, against Fille de I'Air (herself a 

 ' wonder,' who had won the Oaks the previous year), 

 four years, 8 st. 6 lbs., Vivid, five years, 8 st. 6 lbs., and 

 Soumise (a great performer in France the previous 

 year), four years, 8 st. 6 lbs. ; and tliey finished in tlie 

 order given, the verdict being once more : ' Won as he 

 liked.' 



It only remains to be recorded that of Gladiateur's 

 French ' gequales,' all equally unable to make him 

 so much as gallop, Vertugadin (sire of Saltarelle, 

 Stathouder, Salteador, Mignonette, and Mondaine) did 

 infinitely better than he at the stud, and Le Mandarin, 

 Gontran, and Tourmalet not much, if any, worse. 



