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Mr. Thellusson ;^2ooo for King Tom, who, 

 the following year, ran Andover to a length in the 

 Derby — his only race that season. 



In 1854 we had at Michel Grove the two- 

 year-olds St. Hubert and Oulston, and the three- 

 year-old Scythian. The last-named was a bay 

 colt by Orlando. When a two-year-old, and the 

 property of General Anson, his only race was the 

 Biennial at Goodwood. Odds were laid on his 

 winning, but he was beaten by Marsyas. Mr. 

 Padwick then bought him, and as a three-year-old 

 he won four races (one being the Dee Stakes at 

 Chester) and finished fourth in the St. Leger. 

 It was, however, the following year that Scythian 

 did his owner the greatest service by winning 

 the Chester Cup, and at the same time gave 

 Parr a heavy blow. The latter had backed 

 his horse Mortimer to win a sum sufficient to 

 enable him to buy an estate he coveted, so he 

 must have suffered intense chagrin when he saw 

 Scythian beat Mortimer a head. Scythian was 

 a horse of nice quality and a thorough stayer. 

 ,He won a good trial prior to the Chester Cup, 

 and was well backed by the stable. 



A bay colt by Melbourne out of Alice Haw- 

 thorn, Oulston won for Mr. Padwick three of the 

 four races he ran as a two-year-old. In the first 

 he defeated Saucebox, who, the following season, 

 was to win for Parr the Lincolnshire Handicap 

 and the St. Leger. As a three-year-old Oulston 



