POISONING OF ORME i 4I 



with Esmond second. To show how close together 

 Orme, La Fleche, and Watercress were as two-year- 

 olds, the following trials are given. 



JUNE 25, FIVE FURLONGS 



La Fleche, 2 yrs., 8 st. 7 lb I 



Massacre, 3 yrs., 9 st 7 lb 2 



Rose Du Barri, 3 yrs., 9 st. o lb. . . .3 



Won by a length ; three lengths between second and third. 

 JULY 13, FIVE FURLONGS 



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



Massacre, 3 yrs., 9 st. 7 lb. . . . .2 



Oran, 2 yrs., 8 st. o lb 3 



Orville, 2 yrs., 8 st. 7 lb. . . . .4 



Won by half a length ; two lengths between second and 

 third, and two lengths between third and fourth. 



SEPTEMBER I 9, SIX FURLONGS 



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

 Massacre, 3 yrs , 9 st. 7 lb. . . .2 

 Candahar, 2 yrs., 7 st. 12 lb 3 



Won by a neck ; four lengths between second and third. 



It should be recorded that ' the three ' were never 

 tried together actually. 



We now come to one of the most interesting 

 chapters in the history of the stable, and one to 

 which the popular title, ' The Poisoning of Orme/ 

 may here be given. The regular work for the 

 Two Thousand was in progress when his Serene 

 Highness Prince Adolphus of Teck, Lord Marcus 



