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when Flying Fox and Cyllene did not meet, 

 as it Avas expected they would, in the 

 Champion Stakes — an encounter to which 

 every one would have looked forward with 

 as much interest as when Voltigeur was 

 ahout to meet the famous Flying Dutchman, 

 or Hermit the equally famous and flying 

 Achievement. 



Speaking of Flying Fox, what an enormous 

 sum that equine hero realised at the sale 

 of his late lamented OAvner's stud ! Over 

 thirty-seven thousand pounds for a single 

 horse, and that one of no particular heauty, 

 or, perhaps, very remarkahle performance, 

 since the lot he had had to beat were 

 decidedly moderate ! How our forefathers 

 would have opened their eyes ! And well 

 they might ; for if the sum expended on 

 Flying Fox is regarded as an investment, 

 it is not very easy to see, especially since 

 the horse is not to he again trained, how 

 it is to be made a remunerative one. 



