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that Saccharometer had gone off his feed, and was 

 being ineffectually tempted and coddled with carrots 

 and other stable dainties. Unquestionably, The 

 Ranger went a bit short in his trotting paces ; horses 

 frequently do that who are all right when they 

 begin to gallop. Porter recalls the tremendous 

 excitement which the race caused among the 

 multitude, and Fordham's unbounded delight at 

 The Ranger's defeat of Lord Clifden. This was 

 no more than natural. Fordham had ridden Lord 

 Clifden in the Derby when Macaroni did him by a 

 head (and for the St. Leger John Osborne was sub- 

 stituted ; in both the Derby and the St. Leger The 

 Ranger ran unplaced). It was, therefore, a sweet 

 revenge for Fordham to see Lord Clifden, with the 

 substituted jockey on his back, unable to get nearer 

 than fifth — and such a fifth ! — for this was how they 

 finished : The Ranger first, La Toucques second, 

 Saccharometer third, Donnybrook fourth, and Lord 

 Clifden fifth. Won by a length, two lengths between 

 second and third, a length between third and fourth, 

 and two lengths between fourth and fifth. Lord 

 Strathmore admitted afterwards, in talking over the 

 race with Porter, that if The Ranger was a defective 

 trotter, he could gallop. At this distant period one 

 fact in connection with the race stands forth dis- 

 tinctly, and that is, The Ranger's hardiness and un- 

 impaired enjoyment of the contents of the manger. 

 The journey by land and water did not put him about 

 in the least, and he had never once to be ' 'ticed ' 

 with unusual food. Therefore he met the French 



