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minster's death in 1899 she was acquired by Mr. 

 Larnach, for whom she bred two foals of no 

 consequence. She died in 1906. When she 

 left Kingsclere we believed she would develop 

 into a successful brood mare, but the longer one 

 lives the more it is borne in upon one that it is 

 never safe to prophesy how a mare will turn out 

 when she goes to the stud. 



Duke of Richmond was a very fine-looking 

 bay colt by Hampton out of Preference. In the 

 first instance he was called Bushey, but the name 

 was changed before he made his first appearance 

 in public, appropriately enough in the Richmond 

 Stakes at Goodwood. We thought the world of 

 him at that time. On July 25, six days before he 

 ran at Goodwood, we had tried him as follows : 



Six Furlongs 

 Duke of Richmond, 2 yrs., 8 st. 1 1 lb. . . i 

 Whipper-in, 4 yrs., 9 st. 4 lb. . . .2 

 Sandiway, 2 yrs., 8 st. . . . .3 



Won by a neck ; three lengths between second 

 and third. 



That was a very fine performance, one that 

 more than confirmed the high estimate we had 

 previously formed of the colt's capabilities. 

 Starting an even-money favourite for the Rich- 

 mond Stakes, he won very comfortably. He was 

 then matched against St. Simon at level weights 

 to race over the Bretby Stakes course at the 

 Newmarket Houghton Meeting for ;^5oo a side. 



