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was, Orme was ridden contrary to orders. Barrett 

 made all the running, and rode him to a standstill. 

 He was next brought out in the Great Foal Stakes at 

 Newmarket, which he won, beating his stable com- 

 panion, H. R. H. the Prince of Wales's Versailles, by a 

 length and a half. The winner carried 9 st. 8 lb., and 

 the second 8 st. 12 lb. The Champion Stakes, over 

 the same course, placed him and Orvieto on weight 

 for age conditions in the position which they had 

 held in the Eclipse. Orme won by two lengths. 

 The Limekiln Stakes he won by three lengths, Sir 

 Hugo (who was in front of him in the St. Leger), 

 carrying the same weight, being a length and a half 

 behind the second. He carried off the Subscription 

 Stakes (Bretby Stakes Course), beating some of the 

 speediest horses in training, and then, next day, 

 was defeated by El Diablo in the Free Handicap 

 Sweepstakes. He had run three days in suc- 

 cession, which was a little too hard on him. That 

 finished Orme's three-year-old career. 



He came out like a giant refreshed with new 

 wine as a four-year-old at Ascot, when he galloped 

 away from Lady Lena in the Rous Memorial, 

 winning without being seriously called upon by a 

 couple of lengths. Then followed the greatest race 

 of his life, the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown, the 

 second time of asking. Prestige, lineage — the 

 great son of Ormonde — ' the poisoned horse,' the 

 tremendous weight he was called upon to carry, and 

 the fact that he was meeting the incomparable La 

 Fleche, combined to make Orme's second Eclipse 



