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CHAPTER XVII 



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Park House and its characteristics —The gardens — Pheasants, owls, and 

 Mornington Cannon's cat — 'Sanctuary' — The pet pony from San- 

 dringham— Mementoes and relics— Kingsclere's connection with Park 

 House— The Vicar and the stable-boys — The rival barbers and 

 carriers — The Whiteley of Kingsclere — An ancient hostelry— The 

 Albert Hall— John Porter's speech— The concerts— The Horticul- 

 tural Society — Football and cricket — The Church — Graves in the 

 churchyard — Old-world Kingsclere — Conclusion .... 285 



EDITOR'S NOTES 



William Palmer 303 



Palmer's Stud 3°9 



Virago 3 12 



Catch'em Alive's Cambridgeshire, 1863 313 



The Champagne Stakes, 1864 316 



George Augustus Sala's Impressions of Sir Joseph Hawley . . . 317 



* The Kingsclere Racing Circular ' 317 



The Kingsclere, London, and Glasgow Turf Commission Agency — The 



Methods of the Swindler 319 



Dr. Shorthouse and the Swindler, Walter 322 



The Libel on Sir Joseph Hawley 323 



Committal and Imprisonment of Dr. Shorthouse—' Argus's ' Spite . 326 



Who wrote the Libel 3 2 8 



The Ancestry of Isonomy 329 



Fred. Archer 330 



Tributes to the Memory of Fred. Archer 333 



Paradox 336 



The Eaton Stud 33$ 



The Dam of Ormonde 337 



The Worship of Ormonde 339 



A distinguished Roarer at the Stud 340 



' The Infirmity ' not transmitted 340 



Mr. J. F. Nisbet on Heredity and Roaring 341 



Visitors to Orme .......... 345 



Daniel Dawson, the Horse-poisoner 347 



The Robbery of Bank (of England) Note-paper 349 



The Natural Foaling Period 35 2 



The Old and the New Jockey 353 



1 Tommy Hughes's Yearlings ' 354 



