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the end of the season being £1610, It is 

 quite likely she would have done even more 

 than this but for her wayward temperament. 

 Her wilfulness was generally displayed in its 

 most aggravated form at the starting-post. On 

 one occasion, when an attendant took hold of 

 the bridle, she threw herself on the ground in 

 a fit of rage. I often saw her at the Leybourne 

 Grange Stud when there to inspect the yearlings. 

 Sir Joseph had some Russian sheep, and one 

 day I saw two of them standing on Madame 

 Eglentine's hocks nibbling at her tail ! There 

 was evidently a sharply defined line between 

 her likes and dislikes. The Palmer was her 

 third foal and Rosicrucian her fourth. After 

 his success at Ascot, Rosicrucian ran no more 

 until the autumn, nor was it till then that Green 

 Sleeve made a somewhat sensational debut. 

 In the meantime the name of Blue Gown, and 

 that of John Wells also, had come prominently 

 before the public. 



It was at Don caster that Blue Gown ran his 

 next race. Since Ascot he had steadily im- 

 proved, and we expected he would take a lot of 

 beating for the Champagne Stakes, then, as 

 in later days, one of the most important two- 

 year-old events of the season. The race was 

 run on the Tuesday, and we arrived at Don- 

 caster the previous day. Wells was now, for 

 a jockey, physically a big man, " walking " 



