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from the late Mr. Spencer Lucy, Master of 

 the Warwickshire Hounds. I have been 

 told that the Prince considered him the best 

 all round horse that he ever possessed. His 

 own brother, the next year's produce, jumped 

 six feet over the bar at Islington, and 

 fetched a high price ; and in the Sporting 

 Magazine ' The Druid ' wrote that ' it was 

 an evil hour for Mr. Lynes when, in search 

 of savages, Mr. Rarey bought King of Oude, 

 who showed much more temper and took a 

 great deal more subduing than Lord Dor- 

 chester's Cruiser.' " 



Rarey then took King of Oude to 

 America, which was a great loss to Mr. 

 Lynes, as he had a standing offer of 200 

 guineas, for every colt or filly by King of 

 Oude, out of the same mare. Altogether 

 the mare had thirteen foals in succession 

 without one barren year. Although every 

 likely sire that could be got at was em- 

 ployed, she never had a foal of as much 

 substance as the two which she threw to 

 King of Oude. Nevertheless, she never 

 bred a bad one, and nearly all her stock 

 took prizes at the Royal and at other shows, 



