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of Madame Eglentine), and Red Shoes, a bay colt 

 by a Derby winner out of an Oaks winner, for 

 his parents were Beadsman and Miami. These 

 were contributors to our season's modest total of 

 ^^1425. The Salamanca filly, as she was known 

 that year, brought in £10^0 by winning the 

 Bretby Stakes at Newmarket in the autumn. 

 That was a narrow squeak, for it was by a head 

 only she beat Mr. Savile's Ravioli. It was, 

 moreover, the only success that stands to her 

 credit in the Calendar, She would have won 

 two other races, one as a two-year-old, and the 

 other the following season, but for having the 

 misfortune to be opposed by the brilliant mare 

 Achievement, to whom she ran second in the 

 New Stakes and the Coronation Stakes at Ascot. 

 After the latter race Arapeile went to the stud. 

 She was the first produce of Salamanca, whose 

 third foal was Pero Gomez (brother to Arapeile), 

 about whom I shall have a good deal to say in due 

 course. Arapeile's first two foals were Alava 

 (by Asteroid) and Ragusa (by FitzRoland), both 

 of whom I trained to win races. Another of her 

 produce was Concha, brother to Alava, who 

 became the sire of Cinnamon, dam of the Grand 

 National winner Covertcoat. In 1874 Arapeile 

 went to Australia, but her record there was not, 

 I believe, an impressive one. 



The Palmer was a decidedly useful and a very 

 honest horse — a better one than his record makes 



