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terest. Not that everyone leaves his name. They 

 come from all parts of the world, and they are 

 wonderfully representative of the interest which 

 Kingsclere excites wherever, either directly or 

 through his descendants, the British thoroughbred 

 has set his foot. Neighbourly visits are not infre- 

 quent. The distinguished foreigner, the American 

 journalist or breeder, the racing man from 'down 

 under,' types and representatives of distant commu- 

 nities deeply interested in Porter's establishment at 

 Kingsclere, alternate and mingle with such visitors 

 as Mr. Wyndham Spencer Portal 1 and his brother 

 and distinguished guests, Mr. Cleaver, a newer 

 neighbour, and, as a matter of course, the parson 

 of the village. It was equally noteworthy, as evi- 

 dence of the genuine interest which is taken in 

 the stable-boys by the vicar, to witness the Rev. 

 Orde Powlett standing referee in a football match 

 between Kingsclere and Park House, and then, 

 some months later, to encounter his successor, the 

 Rev. A. T. Finch, on his way to Park House for 

 the purpose of preparing the lads for Confirmation. 

 A number of the pictures in the collection of Park 

 House have been reproduced in the present volume. 

 They are, however, necessarily, subjects which 

 belong exclusively to the history. Doubtless, if the 



1 Mr. Wyndham Spencer Portal, D.L., J. P., Chairman of the 

 London and South-Western Railway Company. He succeeded the 

 Hon. Ralph Heneage Dulton, of Timsbury Manor, Romsey, Hants, in 

 1892, and was Deputy-Chairman of the Company from the year 1875 

 until that time. Mr. Melville Portal, D.L., J. P., is a brother of Mr. 

 Wyndham Portal, and Chairman of the Hants Quarter Sessions. 



