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Thousand the following year, he was patched-up 

 when he started for ' the Guineas.' There was, 

 it may be mentioned parenthetically, another promis- 

 ing youngster in Watercress, albeit his solitary 

 appearance in the Rous Memorial at Newmarket, 

 for which he started first favourite, was a disappoint- 

 ment to the stable. Windgall, by Galliard out of 

 Windsor, was unable to get nearer than third on 

 his first appearance in the Althorp Park Stakes at 

 Northampton. Porter would reckon him compara- 

 tively about 12 lb. behind Orme and La Fleche. 

 Nevertheless, he won the Spring Two- Year-Old 

 Plate (value 2,684/.) at Kempton, beating the 

 favourite, The Smew, by a head, and the Breeders' 

 Plate at the Newmarket Second Spring. In 1892 

 he won the Newmarket October Handicap (3 yrs., 

 8 st.) by a length from His Honour, 3 yrs., 6 st. 10 

 lb., Thessalian, 3 yrs., 8 st. 3 lb., being third. They 

 took 5 to 4 about him at the post. He also secured 

 the Liverpool Autumn Cup (8 st. 2 lb.), beating 

 Ermak (4 yrs., 8 st. 5 lb.) by a short head. George 

 Barrett rode the winner, and M. Cannon the second, 

 while Lady Rosebery, aged, 9 st. 1 lb. (J. Watts), 

 was third, a neck behind the pair. It was a fine 

 display of jockeyship all round. Here again Wind- 

 gall started first favourite. He was second to 

 Nunthorpe for the Liverpool Summer Cup, beaten 

 by a head, and second to Rusticus in the Leicester- 

 shire Royal Handicap, again defeated by a head, 

 when, in the opinion of his trainer, he ought to have 

 won in a canter. Unaccountable then, Porter has 



