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is that the Duke received only 1000 guineas for 

 him. 



Matchmaker, a half-brother, by Donovan, 

 to Matchbox, was another of the juveniles at 

 Kingsclere in 1894. In the second of his two 

 outings that year he was beaten a neck for the 

 Ham Stakes at Goodwood. As a three-year-old 

 we tried him over a mile to be four lengths 

 behind Le Var; still, he was good enough to win 

 the Prince of Wales*s Stakes and ** Derby ** at 

 Ascot. Matchmaker was just a useful horse — 

 not in the same class as Matchbox. Le Var, 

 too, was only moderate. He managed to win, 

 as a three-year-old, the ;^i 0,000 Princess of 

 Wales's Stakes at Newmarket — then a mile race 

 — but was favoured with a big allowance. Sir 

 Visto, the Derby winner, whom he beat, was 

 giving him a lot of weight. 



Son of a Gun, a four- year- old by Petrarch, 

 was also a contributor to the Kingsclere total of 

 ;^22,ooo odd in 1894. He belonged to Mr. 

 Francis Alexander, who had recently joined the 

 stable, and won both the Summer and Autumn 

 Cups at Liverpool, beating Bushey Park in the 

 one and Avington in the other. 



We had a nice lot of two-year-olds in 1895, 

 and thirteen of them won races. In the list 

 were the Duke of Westminster's Omladina, Lab- 

 rador, Rampion, Helm, Hartford, Regret, and 

 Attainment ; Mr. Low's colt by Galopin out 



