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PRINCE PALATINE AND STEDFAST The e unquestionably are two highclass four roarolds which have finally squnxhcd the notion that the classic performers of the current season tire not mi to the average standard and the coin para live situation as it stands calls to mind that famous year when Rock Sand although capable of winning the Two Thousand Guineas Derby and St Legrr u treble triumph only accomplished by West Australian Gladiateur Lord Lyou Common Isin ¬ glass Galtee More Hying Fox and Diamond Jubilee had to strike his colors to both Ard Patrick and Sceptre It is ironical of fate that Prince Palatine and Minoru the two most important winners bred at tho famous Tully Stud should havo carried other colors than those of their breeder Hall Walker the one having been sold as a yearling to Mr Pilk ington and the other leased for his racing career to his majesty the late King Edward Prince Pala ¬ tine by his brilliant exploits brings posthumous fame to Persimmon as a sire while Stedfast lias fairly established the stud claims of Ilia young sire Chaucer which got him iu his first season The next meeting of the two fouryearold champions will be anticipated with the keenest interest but this is hardly likely to occur in the Jockey Club Stakes seeing that the Prince will have nine pounds the worst of the weights thanks to the breeding allowance claimed by Lord Derbys horse but the Jockey Club Cup will be worth going far to see should they again oppose one another on even terms over the Cesarewitch two miles and a quarter the conditions being void of cither penalties or allowances and the issue practically a match between the two London Sportsman
