HE, SKY-ROCKET, AND TRECLARE 



odds of 5 to 4 on him, ridden by Archer, won the 

 Mostyn Two-Year-Old Plate. Saraband beat him a 

 length — and gave him 7 lb. — in the New Stakes, and 

 then without a break Kendal won the Stockbridge 

 Post Sweepstakes from Mephisto and Volta, the July 

 Stakes, Mephisto second, the Ham at Goodwood from 

 Modwena, the Convivial Produce Stakes at York, and 

 walked over for the Municipal Post Stakes, now 

 extinct, at Doncaster. Odds were laid on him for 

 the Rous Memorial at the Newmarket First October 

 Meeting, but there he ran badly. The finish of his 

 career may as well be related. The Duke of West- 

 minster presented the colt to his trainer as some 

 recognition of his skill in dealing with Ormonde, and 

 Kendal was leased to the late Lord Wolverton, who 

 was then forming a stud at Iwerne Minster, near 

 Blandford in Dorsetshire, and wanted a stallion. The 

 terms were three years at £300 a year with the option 

 of purchase for ^1200. Kendal's fee was 25 guineas. 

 Lord Wolverton died before the lease had run its 

 course, Lady Wolverton asked if Porter would mind 

 breaking the contract, which he willingly did, and sold 

 the horse to the late Mr. John Gubbins for ^3000. 

 Kendal then went to the Knockany Stud at Limerick, 

 where he became the sire of the Derby winner Galtee 

 More and other good horses, which induced Major 

 Piatt to give 1 8,000 guineas for him. Major Piatt 

 sold him to a breeder in the Argentine, where he was 



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