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pleasing to see this valuable stake go to him who 

 made Punchestown what it has been for years past — 

 the best steeplechase reunion in the world. Soon 

 afterwards he won the Howth Stakes with Clarence ; 

 twelve months afterwards the military race at Baldoyle, 

 with La Rose. Mons. Meg, La Rose, and Allen-a- 

 dale then comprised the stud, but they were very 

 moderate. In 1871, the Marquis of Drogheda, for 

 the first time, won a race at the " Newmarket of Ire- 

 land," when King Rene defeated eight opponents for 

 the Trainers' Stakes. I need not refer to the perform- 

 ance of his horses since then. Suffice it to say that 

 Swivel, Pelagia, Minette, Tambourine, Hypatia, Coun- 

 tersign, and Philammon, won races for him. He has 

 in his stables at present youngsters of the highest 

 parentage and great promise, including the two-year- 

 old, Miriam, by Crown Prince, out of Rachel ; Frederick 

 William, by the same sire, from Swivel ; Sisyphus, by 

 Outcast, from Satanella ; and a yearling. Arras, by 

 Kidderminster, out of Swivel. 



The Marquis has several brood mares, and it is a 

 noteworthy fact that all the horses he has bred were 

 remarkable for their good looks, and were gifted with 

 size, bone, and substance, which proves that the mares 

 have been judiciously mated, and their offspring care- 

 fully tended. His Lordship never allows his horses to 

 be hurried in their preparation, nor thoroughly *' wound 

 up " when two years old. I am sure he is not an advo- 

 cate for two-year-old races, and he has certainly good 

 grounds for opposing those who hold that early train- 

 ing has not a prejudicial effect on the thoroughbred 

 horse. His horses are trained at home, and Monny- 

 penny, who has charge of them, is a master of his art. 



