ORME AND THE IMP 75 



Special Commissioner* when about his own particular 

 business. So let me get forward to the course. . . . 



"... A sudden movement among the spectators tells 

 of the advent of Orme, who with his faithful companion, 

 The Imp, comes soberly and gravely upon the scene. . . . 

 Orme is a better-looking two-year-old than ever his sire 

 was. That is to say, he shows more quality, and gives 

 the idea of being better balanced and more active, while 

 showing all the paternal good points. I cannot describe 

 him better than by saying that he is a refined edition of 

 Ormonde. 



"He wore ordinary exercise boots, and, so far as could 

 be seen in his clothing, is fit enough to run for his owner's 

 estates if need were. 



"At first he and The Imp do a nice canter together, 

 George Barrett riding the two-year-old, who strides out 

 with the greatest freedom and seems to like the heavy 

 going. After this they walk together behind the stand 

 and there is time to look round and see who is who. 



" * Get on him again, George,' and George Barrett is 

 once more on the back of Orme. ' Take him steadily, 

 Mario w, about seven furlongs.' This to the rider of 

 The Imp, and we wait in the dank, dewy, long grass 

 and sticky ground to see the crack two-year-old come 

 past a second time . . . and as he is seen slipping 

 along up the straight with The Imp one feels quite a 

 little touch of excitement. As they near us and 

 The Imp is obscuring Orme from view, John Porter 

 waves his hand to George Barrett to get forward, 

 so that the two-year-old may be seen. In one 

 stride apparently the thing is done, for Orme shoots 

 past us in splendid form, leaving The Imp behind, and 

 pulls up a little way beyond as if nothing had happened. 



