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contributed to her success. She was ridden by 

 Morny Cannon, who was in irresistible form 

 during the first three days of that Doncaster 

 Meeting, for he had no fewer than ten winning 

 mounts. 



The very next race in which Throstle ran — 

 the Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket — she 

 bolted out of the course ! In the Duke of York 

 Handicap at Kempton, in October, she had to 

 carry 8 st. 9 lb. and could only finish fourth. 

 The burden was too heavy, and the distance — 

 a mile — too short. She was then bought by the 

 Duke of Westminster, and went to the Eaton 

 Stud. Missel Thrush, by Orme, was one of 

 her produce. She was a real good mare, but 

 handicapped by defective eyes. 



On leaving England, Matchbox went to the 

 Kisber Stud in Hungary. He turned out a 

 successful sire, for in fifteen seasons his sons 

 and daughters won 557 races worth ;^i 57,575. 

 The best of his get were Con Amore (winner 

 of the Austrian Derby in 1904), Falb, Horkay, 

 Lord Firebrand, and Nunquam Dormio. Several 

 of his daughters have proved successful brood 

 mares. 



The promised allusion to Bullingdon need 

 only be a brief one. So few mares have won 

 the Derby that it necessarily follows a com- 

 paratively small number of horses have had 

 Derby winners for sire and dam. Bullingdon 



