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won the Derby and came in second for the 

 St. Leger in 1873, won the Goodwood Cup in 

 1874, and the Ascot Cup and Alexandra Plate 

 in 1875, and was sold for 14,000/., the highest 

 price ever paid for a stud horse ; both these 

 horses never ran as two-year-olds. 



On the other hand, look at The Eake, Lady 

 Elizabeth, Queen's Messenger, Pall Mall, Almo- 

 ner, Sir Wilham Wallace, and a host of other 

 horses, who were not able to stand the shocks 

 of training. Kingcraft, although he won the 

 Derby in 1870, came out badly afterwards, 

 which is generally attributed to his having run 

 so much as a two-year-old, plainly showing 

 that however great his speed was, he was 

 unable to withstand early training, and thus a 

 good horse was spoilt. 



We first begin to train them as yearlings, 

 and run them so much as two-year-olds that 

 many become roarers, like Prince Charlie, 

 Belladrum, and Liddington ; or rupture their 

 suspensory ligaments, hke Student, Crucifix, 

 and Dundee ; rupture blood-vessels, like The 



