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breeders Handbook,' 'a short but brilliant Turf 

 career/ which commenced at Chester in 1885 with 

 his winning the Mostyn Plate. He was second to 

 Saraband in the New Stakes at Ascot, with some 

 capable ' company ' behind him. At Stockbridge he 

 won the Post Sweepstakes of 700 sovs., beating 

 Mephisto and Volta ; and he followed up this 

 victory by winning the July Stakes at Newmarket, 

 beating Mephisto, St. Alvere, St. Mirin, and others. 

 At Goodwood he won the Ham Stakes, and at 

 York the Great Breeders' Convivial, very easily. 

 He went off a bit in the autumn, and therefore 

 failed to secure the Rous Memorial at the First 

 October Meeting, which prize must have been his 

 if he had been fit and well. He came home on the 

 following Tuesday, and on October 7 there was a 

 trial which resulted as follows : 



SIX FURLONGS 



Kendal, 2 yrs., 8 st. 7 lb 1 



Ormonde, 2 yrs., 8 st. 8 lb. . . .2 



Whipper In, 6 yrs., 9 st. 6 lb. . . .3 



Whitefriar, 2 yrs., 9 st. 6 lb. . . . .4 



Won by a length ; a length between second and third, and 

 two lengths between third and fourth. 



Ormonde was stripped for the first time on this 

 occasion, and he was not very fit. On the basis of 

 this rudimentary rough-up, he was started in the 

 Post Sweepstakes (Bretby Stakes course) in pre- 

 ference to the Middle Park Plate, and he won. No 

 doubt the spin at home, such as it was, had woke 



