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That year The Scot (belonging to the 

 Prince of Wales) started favourite, but had 

 bad luck, and galloped into a fence ; whilst old 

 Frigate — who did the trick at last in 1889 

 after many a meritorious failure — was second, 

 and that very shifty gentleman Roquefort 

 (Captain " Brummy " Fisher's) finished third. 

 Soon afterwards Roquefort was sold by 

 auction for 1250 guineas, and left Mr. Arthur 

 Yates's place at Alresford, to be put under 

 the charge of Mr. E. P. Wilson. 



The weak spot about Roquefort's temper 

 was a rooted aversion to going straight on a 

 right-handed course. Liverpool being a left- 

 handed one, his trainer hoped he would give 

 his true running, and not try to bolt out. 

 As a matter of fact, Roquefort, although he 

 nearly got knocked down at one fence, ran 

 his race gamely throughout and won, poor 

 old Frigate again being second. It was said 

 by good judges at the time, and after- events 

 proved to a great extent that they were 

 right, that " it was no good buying Roque- 

 fort unless you bought Teddy Wilson with 



