94 KINGSCLERE 



SIX FURLONGS 



Casuistry colt, 2 yrs., 8 st 7 lb. 



Rebecca colt, 2 yrs., 8 st. o lb. . . .2 

 Whipper In, 5 yrs., 9 st. o lb. . . .3 



Reprieve, 3 yrs., 8 st. 7 lb 4 



Siren, 5 yrs., 8 st. o lb 5 



Won by half a length ; two lengths between second and 

 third, three lengths between third and fourth, and two 

 lengths between fourth and fifth. 



This being a singularly high trial, the Duke of 

 Westminster expressed a desire to purchase the 

 colt, and a bargain was struck, his grace becoming 

 the owner. The price was 6,000/. The Middle Park 

 Plate (for which the Casuistry colt and Cora were 

 equally first favourites) was won by Melton by half 

 a length, Xaintrailles and the Casuistry colt making 

 a dead heat of it for third. Being a bit ' calfish,' 

 the Kingsclere champion whipped round at start 

 and never quite got up again. His next race was the 

 Dewhurst Plate, which he won in a canter by three 

 lengths, Cora being second and Xaintrailles, four 

 lengths behind, third. He was showing immense 

 improvement every time he ran, and abundantly 

 confirming the high opinion which Porter had 

 formed of his capacity, even before the revelation 

 afforded by the trial. But he was a horse with a 

 wearying propensity to develop infirmities, and he 

 presently gave his trainer additional trouble. When 

 he came home after the Newmarket Meeting, Porter 

 discovered that splints had formed close under the 

 knee, which prevented him from bending his leg. 



