The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-05

Barns. near Hayes. was quite inconveai-
entity crowded with fashionable visitors.
among whom were Prince Edward CT
Saxe-Weimar and Lord Rosebery. The
arrival of his royal highness was signal
lied by the playing of the national an
them. and then six hunters We're weighed
out for the Challenge Cup-a three-mile
steeplechase, with twenty-four fences and
a water jump.
1t was the Tenth Royal HuSsars who
had organized this cheerful little gather
ing and the prince entered for the cup
by virtue of his position as colonel or the
regiment Great was the disappointment
OF the ladies that the black Champions
TO whose quality" the critics said very
few complimentary things-was unable 20
beat Lord Nalentia's Wellington. The
princes gelding. ridden by Capt. Buckley,
had TO remain content with second place
md a ten lengths beating. His royal
highness' serious Illness al the close OF lS4l
ard his subsequent voyage 10 India
stopped immediate. active concern with ne
affairs OF the turf. and the Newmarket
match of 1877 brought no good fortune.
The third attempt was lucky, but the
first royal victory was Obtained lover The
sticks" This was at the Household BFi-
grade meeting held at SandOwn park In
March OF lss2. Seven runners contested
the cup, and a desperately tight iinish re-
suited i'm the success of the prince OF
Wales Fairp!ay-forme rly called Findel-
bergen-ridden BY Hon. Luke White, now
Lord Annaly. which beat Lord CappelI >
Shabblugton by a neck. An attempt %
win the cross country Derby at Liver
pool in 1851 was unsuccessful. The Scot
being unable TO obtain place in Noluptu-
ary's grand national. Nor was there any
better result in lSS9 when the prince run
two horses in a large field. FTigate won
TxA F.s. ra-s -
Magic being unplaced while his second
string. fell. Magic was a hard-worked
horse which in his day belonged 10 several
owners The prince was fortunate enough
10 win the Lancashire steplechasc with
him at Manchester on the Easter Mon
day of 1883. and Heftie also carried on
few unimportanr races.
BY pluck and sheer persistence the
Prince Of Wales in a few years oyercame
the ill-luck that appeared 20 follow his
fortunes At the commencement Of the
decade ne began 20 show IN the list OF
winning owners. and thanks principally
10 Barracuda Pierrette. County Council.
and the Imp (which had won the Jubilee n
Kempton for James Mackenzie, IN $500.
ne was credited with nearly $3.50 m stakes
at me end Of ISL There Were disappolnt-
rnents. of course, as there must be for all
Who take an active part IN breeding and
racing Derelict turned cut 20 be- an I'M
fortunate animal. as Loyahsi had been
previously and Il was not until Florizel
II appeared on the scene that the prince
could boast Of possessing a really high
class race-horse.
II Vas on the advice Of John Porter that
Perdita II had beer purchased Tor the
Ssndrineham stud. and this has proved to
he a rare piece Of gOoG fortune for his
royal highness The son Of ST Simon and
Peraiia II gave none too encouraging m
account Of himself as r two-year-oid bat
the following SEASON he secured a couple
az races at Ascot and IN lSeG carried Of
a handicap at Gatwiek. and the Good
wood cup followed So Il viii hc seem
bearing I'm mind also the One thousand
GuIrcas' triumph - That's the death Of
whose dam Poetry. was piece u bad
luck-that the prince has already won
large number e the most important events
on the turf