King Edward VIIas a sportsman . n-Basket . 315 Unrefined . 378 Lucknow 315 Marie Agnes 378 Leveret 310 Lady Daisy 367 Pendragon . 300 Barracouta . 367 Lady Wayw^ard 250 Hamiltrude . 367 Perolina 250 Succes 367 Court Plaster 240 Ambleside . 350 Per Contra . 240 Fortuna 325 Perambulator 210 La Paix 325 Courtly 210 Total . i^73,9ii His Majesty entered his horses very freely, pa-tronising some of the old-established races, such asthe Buckenham Stakes of ^^300 each, half forfeit;the Prince of Wales Stakes at Goodwood, ;^2ooeach subscription, the Boscawen Stakes of ;^ioo would doubtless be f
King Edward VIIas a sportsman . n-Basket . 315 Unrefined . 378 Lucknow 315 Marie Agnes 378 Leveret 310 Lady Daisy 367 Pendragon . 300 Barracouta . 367 Lady Wayw^ard 250 Hamiltrude . 367 Perolina 250 Succes 367 Court Plaster 240 Ambleside . 350 Per Contra . 240 Fortuna 325 Perambulator 210 La Paix 325 Courtly 210 Total . i^73,9ii His Majesty entered his horses very freely, pa-tronising some of the old-established races, such asthe Buckenham Stakes of ^^300 each, half forfeit;the Prince of Wales Stakes at Goodwood, ;^2ooeach subscription, the Boscawen Stakes of ;^ioo would doubtless be found that a few of the mostpromising horses had something like ;/^iooo worthof engagements made for them ; but it is pleasant toknow that His Majestys racing paid handsomely,though the chief gratification arises from knowledgeof the fact which has been stated, that the relaxationof the Turf afforded him constant delight. 226 DIAMOND JUBILEE AT THIRTEEN YEARS OLDFrom a Photograph by Clarence Haii^ey, taken in the Argentine^ 1910. CHAPTER VI THE KINGS STEEPLECHASE HORSES When the Royal colours were first carried at Aldershotin a little steeplechase, no one could have supposedthat they would presently become conspicuous onso many racecourses, and thrice be the centre oftumultuously enthusiastic thousands as their owner ledhis horses in at Epsom after winning the greatest ofraces—for so the Derby is held to be, notwithstandingthat other stakes at home and abroad are of higherpecuniary value. It was natural that thePrince of Wales should wish to have a jumper to run for aregimental race. Officers like to be represented at theirregimental meetings, and His Royal Highness, needlessto say, was more or less directly connected with variousregiments ; so he commissioned Lord Marcus Beresfordto find him something that would do creditable duty inevents of this description. Lord Marcus had alwaysbeen keenly devoted to the sport, and, moreover, anactive exponent of it. From the first
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