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by ,y , ,r n . Jr j 5 ■ it -t ■ • • e r e e „., , . I ROMANCE OF EASTER PRIZE Leading Irish Sire of Jumpers and Shaun Spadah Sold for and Lost at Cards. LONDON, Knuland. Kebruary •; Kast.-r ln/.e the sire of Shaun Spadah. the Irish Grand National Sleeplechase winner last year and the present t"n -t favorite for this years jniiipinc Blue Biband. is not a registered sjre. His siorv is rather remark able. He led the J—ptaj sire list ..f 1821 and was bred by J. K. Simrrow of Kells. loiinty Meath. an I is l.y Wild Monk A.hoit. the dam of which wna Wandering Nun. a three aarta natet lo the great Shotov.-r. As a yearliinr Kaster PrkM was l.oimht by John Jaiu.s. ihe leadiim bookmaker of KM time in Irc- land After winning races on the flat and oret hurdles Kaster Il ize s.eins t-. Bare degenerated to such an extent that James decided to get rid of him. According ta a writer in the Dublin Sport James m.-l his friend latri.-k Belan.y in a Dublin club one afternoon and naked him t.. buy Banter Prize "Ill pay his fare from The lurraiih if it is liol more than 35," said Delaticy. "but thats all Ill give you for him." By telephone it was ascertained that the fare was le~s than SS. I. laney thereupon handed a note to James, at the name time demanding and receiving change. Some time lal.r Delaney won a hurdle ra.e at Ahtowu with Bnster Prtnr and by way of eiii].hasisin t|,,. bargain he made look 33,383 Hi .*5i" from Jaines with a lift. After ihat Kast.-r Brize regained his best form and was taken to The Maze to run for the Qarenl Plate, but daring the night l«-f..re the ra.-.- s,,IM, miscreaiit entered the baraea box and hammered his tendons s,, tliat his les preaented a dreadful it.ht Dnriag the journey to London Delaney played baccaral with MMM rompnnh lis one of whom was James Clarke of Navan Baring losl all his readv monej Delaney turned ; . Clarke and -aid: "Pat 8158 in the bank 1 Ill me roo a race borne." Clarke put the money down and with the ii,-i deal Defame] i.-t the lot. « ,
