A GREAT YEAR 



week before Ascot, and showed that, roarer as he was, 

 the infirmity had little affected him ; for he gave the 

 three-year-old Spot 3 st. 7 lb. and a two lengths 

 beating, St. Mirin, running Ormonde at even weights, 

 six lengths behind the second ; and as at Ascot a few 

 days later St. Mirin receiving 10 lb. ran Minting to a 

 length, with Bendigo a bad third, it was evident that 

 Ormonde was something like himself." 



As a four-year-old Tom Cannon was Ormonde's 

 jockey and rode him for the first time in the Rous 

 Memorial. One of his opponents was Captain 

 Machell's Kilwarlin, who was destined to win the 

 coming Leger. Ormonde had to give the three-year- 

 old 25 lb., and the Captain — there were many other 

 captains on racecourses but Machell was always 

 " the " Captain — vowed that no horse ever foaled could 

 do so. Ormonde won easily by six lengths, and being 

 asked what he thought of the horse, the Captain 

 replied, " Ormonde is not a horse at all, he is a damned 

 steam engine ! " 



Next day came the famous race for the Hardwicke 

 Stakes. Of course by this time it was well known that 

 Ormonde made a noise, and again Matthew Dawson 

 was confident of success, feeling certain that no horse 

 suffering from the ailment which had overtaken 

 Ormonde could hope to beat Minting. Mr. Hed- 

 worth Barclay's Bendigo and Mr. H. T. Fenwick's 

 three-year-old Phil were also runners, and Porter 



