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horror it was Reprieve. A cab had been driven 

 into her and knocked her over. Fortunately 

 there were no bones broken; indeed, apart from 

 being a little shaken, she was none the worse. 

 We kept her quiet that day, and the following 

 afternoon she was able to secure the Great 

 Midland Foal Plate, worth nearly twice as much 

 as the race she had gone to Birmingham to win. 

 Another of the Duke of Westminster's two- 

 year-olds in 1883 was Cambusmore, by Don- 

 caster out of Strathfleet. A big, overgrown colt, 

 he obviously required plenty of time for develop- 

 ment, and I let him have it, in accordance with 

 my invariable practice in such cases. The reward 

 came in due course. His only outing as a two- 

 year-old was in the Middle Park Plate, in which 

 he ran unplaced to Busybody. By the following 

 summer he had come to hand nicely, and won the 

 St. James*s Palace Stakes at Ascot. In the 

 autumn he was thrice successful at Newmarket. 

 The following year Lord Londonderry, then 

 Viceroy of Ireland, bought him, and, ridden by 

 Archer, Cambusmore won the Lord Lieutenant's 

 Plate at the Curragh. His performances would 

 hardly be worth mentioning in these pages but 

 for the fact that they emphasise the importance 

 of exercising patience with horses who, as two- 

 year-olds, have grown beyond their strength. 



