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KINGSCLERE 



lost in getting the field of five to the post, and the 

 foreshadowing race came off with the following 

 result : 



ONE MILE AND A HALF 



St. Blaise, 3 yrs., 8 st. 6 lb. . . . .1 



Incendiary, 6 yrs., 8 st. 2 lb. . . . .2 



Shotover, 4 yrs., 8 st. 12 lb 3 



Geheimniss, 4 yrs., 9 st. 5 lb. . . . .4 

 Energy, 3 yrs., 8 st. 5 lb . . . .5 



Won by two lengths ; four lengths between second and 

 third, and a head between fourth and fifth. 



The sportsmanlike friendliness, the camaraderie 

 of the trial, was not its least interesting feature. 

 There is an etiquette in such matters which is not 

 seldom enforced when a number of owners share 

 the services of a single trainer. It will be observed 

 that * all went in,' irrespective of exclusive owner- 

 ship, in order that the investigation might be as 

 thorough as was possible under the circumstances. 

 After the trial H.R.H. the Prince of Wales lunched 

 at Park House, and was then conducted by Porter 

 over the stables. He made an exhaustive inspec- 

 tion — as is his wont — of the establishment, and 

 expressed the warmest admiration of what he saw. 

 That admiration was destined to bear practical 

 proof of a nature Mattering to the creator of 

 Kingsclere later on. 



It was said when St. Blaise won the Derby, 

 which he did by a neck from Highland Chief — 

 Galliard, the favourite, being half a length behind, 

 third—that he was ' a lucky horse.' Well, that 



