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gelding, Heathcropper, by Mercury, was famous. For this 

 race in 1792 he carried Lord Belfast's colours triumphantly, 

 coming in first in both of the 4-mile heats, carrying 12 stone. 



The Alexandra Plate, which was first run in 1864, has 

 produced some good contests. Trocadero, a chestnut colt 

 by Monarque out of Antonia, and bred in France in 1864, 

 the property of Count F. de Lagrange, won an exciting 

 race with Siderolite in 1870. 



Ormonde, a bay son of Bend Or out of Lily Agnes, 

 was foaled in 1883. He won the Derby, the Two Thousand 

 Guineas, and the Hardwicke Stakes in 1886, but as a 

 4-year-old Ormonde gained his greatest triumphs when, at 



ORMONDE 



[John C. Niiiiiiio (Co/iyrig/i!) 



