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vanced to account for the running of Friar's Balsam 

 — he finished fifth — but these are the facts. The 

 horse was operated upon, and a piece of diseased 

 bone removed from the splintered jaw, but it was 

 not until the autumn that he recovered. He was 

 nearly ' himself again ' when he won the Champion 

 Stakes at Newmarket, defeating Minting by half a 

 length. 



Orbit won the Craven Stakes at Newmarket, 

 and the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown, beating his 

 stable companion Ossory. They finished first and 

 second, the winner taking 10,000/. and Ossory 500/. 

 The Duke of Westminster happened to be paying a 

 quiet visit to Kingsclere when his trainer arrived 

 home with the news. Orbit also won the Zetland 

 Biennial at the Newmarket First October Meeting. 

 Ossory's successes comprised the Prince of Wales's 

 Stakes at Ascot, a ' divide ' for the St. James's 

 Palace Stakes at the same meeting, after a dead 

 heat with Galere, the Great Yorkshire Stakes at 

 York, and the Royal Stakes at Newmarket. These 

 two moderate animals — not within a stone of the 

 top class — had wonderful luck. Their winnings 

 together amounted to 15,538/. A couple of two- 

 year-olds belonging to Mr. John Gretton, namely, 

 Melior and Apollo, were amongst the best of the 

 coming-on division. The stable won that season in 

 stakes the sum of 24,476/ 



In looking back to the period of 1888-89, com- 

 paring notes and refreshing his memory, Porter is 

 impelled to refer to Ormuz (by Bend Or out of 



