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Cambridgeshire. This was, however, entirely due to 

 his own mismanagement. The mare was not more 

 than half tit when she ran, and stood still entirely 

 from want of training when she had at least a stone 

 in hand. Barber had many running in 1856, and 

 probably others before that, which had not until this 

 time been doing him much good. Pretty Boy fell at 

 York, which may have prevented him winning the 

 Great Northern Handicap, in One Act's year, as neither 

 she nor anything else of the same age could give 

 him 7 lb. when fit. But that is the question. I 

 think that, like the rest of their horses, he had to 

 train himself by running in public races, and was not 

 really fit until much later, when he showed himself a 

 good horse by his victory in the Goodwood Stakes, 

 as a three-year-old, carrying 7 st. 8 lb. He also won 

 the Manchester Cup, and the same year ten other 

 races. Barber had also running about this time, 

 Commotion, Prince of Denmark, Prince of Orange, 

 Polly Peachum,, and Lord Nelson, which did him good 

 service. Prince of Orange was an unlucky horse, 

 or badly managed, as he only won five races out of 

 twenty-two that he ran for, and in one of these he 

 beat Yellow Jack at even weights, who was, as usual, 

 second. For several years the two men did little 

 beyond winning a host of small races, though now 

 and then a fair stake fell to their share. Saxon was 

 unlucky with Kennyside Hero in only getting second 

 for the Stewards' Cup at Goodwood, and doubly 



