ON KINGSCLERE DOWNS 99 



published on the Saturday eight days before the St 

 Leger week, and I make no apology for giving it here 

 in extenso : 



3rd September 1892. 



ORME, WATERCRESS AND LA FL&CHE 

 A VISIT TO KINGSCLERE 



" I NEVER had three horses fitter to run," said John 

 Porter in reference to Orme, Watercress and La Flche. 



This was on Thursday morning on the Kingsclere 

 Downs. There were present the Duke of Westminster, 

 Lord Marcus Beresford and Sir George Maude, and it 

 is needless to say that such an opportunity of seeing 

 the Leger favourites was highly valued by me. It was 

 a beautiful fresh morning, and the air on the Downs 

 seemed positively life-giving. What effect had it pro- 

 duced on Orme during the time since Goodwood ? 



I had watched him with the rest of the string wending 

 up the hill and a beautiful sight it always is to see the 

 Kingsclere horses on their way to work. 



Old Vasistas had gone on first, with Windgall, and 

 followed by Orme, Watercress and the rest. Orme was 

 accompanied by an assiduous attendant, who seems never 

 to leave him, and even had a leading rein to his head, 

 by way of precaution, going up-hill ! All this, however, 

 was too far off for me to see much, but now we were 

 on the Downs and the horses were being led round and 

 past us. 



One glance at Orme was enough. The merest tyro 

 who saw him at Sandown and Goodwood could not fail 

 to note the great improvement he has made. Even in 

 his clothing he showed as obviously as possible that 



