LUCKLESS FRIAR'S BALSAM 301 



That was the last time Friar's Balsam ran in public. 

 His lack of condition was, however, proved to us 

 a few days later when, over a mile, he failed by- 

 three-quarters of a length to give a stone to Orbit. 



Friar's Balsam began his stud life at Blankney, 

 Lincolnshire, in 1890, and there he died in 1899. 

 At the time of his death he commanded a fee of 

 100 guineas. The best of his progeny were 

 Pomade Divine, Seaholm, Balm of Gilead, Bal- 

 samo. Sterling Balm, Friar Tuck, and Sermon. 

 Balsamo won the City and Suburban for the late 

 Duke of Devonshire; Friar Tuck was third in 

 the Derby of 1902 to Ard Patrick and Rising 

 Glass; and Sermon was heavily backed to beat 

 Rock Sand in the Two Thousand Guineas in 1903, 



When the Prince of Wales joined the Kings- 

 clere stable his friend Mr. (afterwards Sir) James 

 T. Mackenzie, of Kintail, came with him. He 

 was a keen racing man and owned one or two 

 good horses. I trained two winners for him in 

 1886 — Upset, a dark brown three-year-old colt 

 by See Saw, and Lord Arthur, a two-year-old 

 by The Duke. Upset won the Wiltshire Stakes 

 at Salisbury and the July Handicap at Kempton 

 Park. The following season Upset won the 

 Stewards' Cup at Goodwood. His starting price 

 was 25 to I. That, of course, was the Jubilee 

 year, and just before the Goodwood Meeting I 

 had spent a few days in the Prince of Wales's 

 yacht in the Solent. When paying that visit 



