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It is, perhaps, worth while setting out the 

 stud career of Perdita II. Here are the facts 

 culled from the Stud Book and the Racing 

 Calendar. 



Total . . 26 38 ;C72,9i3 



When at the stud, Florizel II., Persimmon 

 and Diamond Jubilee must have earned about 

 ;^i 50,000 in fees; Diamond Jubilee, after he 

 had been a few years at the stud, was sold for 

 30,000 guineas to an Argentine breeder; and 

 Sandringham went to the United States. And 

 so we get the quarter of a million sterling which 

 King Edward calculated he had gained by the 

 aid of the produce of Perdita II. I had Dere- 

 lict and Barracouta at Kingsclere. The latter 



