THE DUKE OF PORTLAND 



Heaume broke down in the race, for he never 

 ran again, and amongst the unplaced lot were 

 Surefoot, for whom the distance was much too 

 far, Alloway, Queen's Birthday, Martagon, and 

 Rightaway. Two or three of these have since 

 proved more than ordinarily successful at the stud, 

 and, altogether, a somewhat distinguished party 

 finished behind Memoir. Her next appearance 

 was in the Lancashire Plate, but it was a terrible 

 task to tackle the four-year-old Amphion at 7 lb. 

 especially as seven furlongs was just about his best 

 course, and it is not surprising that she proved 

 unequal to it. She had another unsuccessful cut 

 at him in the Champion Stakes, in which the 

 increased distance and the additional amount of 

 weight she received did not get her any nearer to 

 General Byrne's great horse, whilst there was no 

 merit in defeating a couple of hopeless wretches 

 in the Newmarket Oaks on the following day. 

 It would have been as well if Memoir's Turf 

 career had ended with this race, for she did little 

 good as a four-year-old, only winning once in half 

 a dozen attempts. This was in the July Cup, in 

 which she gave 9 lb. to Noble Chieftain and beat 

 him by a short head. This was a very smart per- 

 formance, and seemed to show that she had retained 

 all her old speed, but her stamina had apparently 

 vanished, and, in spite of the hollow defeats she 

 sustained in the Eclipse Stakes and Goodwood 

 Cup, the handicappers weighted her up to her 

 very best form in the Cambridgeshire and other 

 autumn races. She was a filly of very fine con- 

 stitution, but was always a little queer in her 

 temper. 



Semolina is a bay filly by St. Simon out of 

 Mowerina, and is quite a typical daughter of the 

 Welbeck sire, being wonderfully sharp and full 



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