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supremacy, and brag in turn of their hero of the 

 Turf. How many of ' the greatest horses of the 

 century ' have been glorified in the pages of ' The 

 Druid' ? How many more have taken their place 

 in the annals since death withdrew the pen from his 

 fingers and left the chronicle unfinished ? The king 

 dies and the king reigns. One thing, however, 

 may be said, and will safely challenge denial, and it 

 is that of all the horses that have for the past thirty 

 or forty years attracted the world's attention, 

 Ormonde was the most wonderful. They never 

 knew how good he was at home, while his extra- 

 ordinary achievements abroad were unexampled. 

 And yet the story of Ormonde's magnificent career 

 may be written in two simple sentences. He won 

 all his engagements. And he ran practically untried. 

 From the moment Ormonde came into Porter's 

 hands the trainer was convinced that the son of 

 Bend Or and Lily Agnes was a great horse. He 

 was a fine, free, tireless mover, he went to work in 

 his gallops as though he liked it, he was gentle to 

 handle, and he did unfailing justice to the contents 

 of the manger. In short, although he was allowed 

 to come on in his own natural way, not being forced 

 or hurried in the least, he gave the trainer no trouble 

 whatever. As to his being tried — well, a few words 

 in reference to a stable companion, while disposing 

 of him, will throw some light on that question. The 

 stable companion referred to was Kendal, 2 yrs., 

 by Bend Or out of Windermere, and he had, as 

 Mr. Joseph Osborne remarks in 'The Horse- 



