H.R.H. WITNESSES A TRIAL 85 



much as it proved how true the previous running of 

 Geheimniss had been. 



ONE MILE AND A QUARTER 



Geheimniss, 4 yrs., 9 st. 7 lb. . , . t 



Shotover, 4 yrs., 8 st. 1 2 lb t 



Locksley, 4 yrs., 6 st. 1 2 lb 3 



A dead heat between the two mares ! Locksley finished 

 three lengths behind. 



The Derby trial of St. Blaise, who had mean- 

 while put in a lot of strong work and had begun to 

 shape himself for business to the increasing satis- 

 faction of his trainer, was memorable, inasmuch as it 

 was the occasion of the first visit of H.R.H. the 

 Prince of Wales to Kingsclere. It is appalling to 

 conceive what might have been made of that Royal 

 visit if the touts on the one hand, and the New 

 Journalists (female as well as male) on the other, 

 had got scent of the Prince's simple undertaking ! 

 As it fortunately happened, His Royal Highness 

 was enabled to run down into Hampshire and 

 invade the Kingsclere Downs with just as much 

 privacy, as he would have enjoyed in making an 

 informal morning call. He took the 9 a.m. train from 

 Waterloo, like any ordinary passenger, to Overton, 

 at which station Porter had a fly waiting, and was 

 forthwith driven on to the Downs. The Prince was 

 received, according to previous arrangement, by Lord 

 Alington, Sir Frederick Johnstone, and Porter, who 

 were waiting with the horses, and hacks upon which 

 to mount the witnesses of the trial. No time was 



