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blood mares, but Habena and Warlock did not make 

 Mr. Disney regret the change from Easby, where he 

 then returned for four seasons more. Owing to a 

 whim of Mr. Disney's, his turf career was very short, 

 but unusually brilliant. He gave Harkaway 2olbs. 

 for his yeaf, in a mile, and was only beaten a head ; 

 and he left his horses outside the distance in the mile 

 and three-quarters Peel Cup, and was never pulled up 

 till he had gone a mile further. In fact, as the lad 

 said — "/ had to clap into him to stop him'' His 

 hunters have always been nearly mature jumpers to 

 begin with; and on the turf, in 1841-58, he had 318 

 winners of 685^ races, making 110,568/. in all. One 

 fact, and a very important one, remains to be added, 

 that he has realized for his owner, at the stud, no less 

 than 7737/. 15^". 



A cross with an Economist mare first brought him 

 into especial notice with the sHm, neat, and savage 

 Baron. Pocahontas's Birdcatcher filly, Ayacanora, 

 was rather slight and small in the bone ; but she put 

 her own substance on to her sons Stockwell and 

 Rataplan. Both these horses began to fine very much 

 after four years old, up to which point they were un- 

 usually coarse ; but Stockwell's stock, as far as we 

 have seen, show great quality and finish as yearlings, 

 and neither his nor Rataplan's, as a general thing, have 

 quite the bone or size we expected, while Rataplan's 

 have his peculiar short drop on the quarter. Harlock 

 believed Stockwell to be as good as ever he had been, 

 when he was put out of training, and he was always 

 much the more resolute horse of the two. 



J, . Once in form. Rataplan could keep 



aapan. ^.j^^j.^^ ^^^ ^jj j^q|. require much work. 



He liked hard ground ; and his game, when the pace 

 was strong, was to lie well away. Weight was as little 

 to him as it was to Longbow, and his performance for 

 the Manchester Cup under Qst. 81bs. was decidedly his 

 best. It was quite a sight to see Prince stroking and 



