PARADOX 93 



(by Beauclerc oat of Stella, by High Treason) and 

 Paradox (by Sterling out of Casuistry) next claim 

 attention. The former was the property of Lord 

 Alington. The year before (1883), the late Captain 

 Bowling, a very dear friend of John Porter's, was 

 with him attending the sale of the Yardley year- 

 lings. In the course of their joint inspection of the 

 young things, they were both impressed by the 

 good looks of a son of Sterling and Casuistry, and 

 they resolved, if he went for anything like a 

 monkey, to buy him. The colt was knocked down 

 to Captain Bowling's bid of 450 guineas, and was 

 taken to Kingsclere to be trained. It had not 

 escaped the careful and comprehensive notice of 

 Porter that, for all his good looks, this strong 

 sturdy colt with his longish pasterns had coarse 

 curby hocks, and might be troublesome to train. 

 But there was capital stuff and the undeniable 

 breeding to work upon, therefore the partnership 

 venture and responsible task of making the colt 

 ready for his engagements were cheerfully under- 

 taken. As Porter had apprehended, the youngster 

 gave him a lot of trouble. In point of fact, he found 

 it impossible to enter regularly on the anxious and 

 difficult business of training Paradox — as he was 

 afterwards happily named — until the autumn of his 

 two-year-old period, when he was put into regular 

 work with the object of starting him for the Middle 

 Park Plate. He was tried on October 3, with the 

 following result : 



