26 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



won four races off the reel, one being the Vase 

 at Ascot (in which he beat his whilom stable 

 companion Rataplan) and another the Drawing 

 Room Stakes at Goodwood. He was second to 

 Baroncino in the Goodwood Cup and unplaced 

 in the St. Leger, for which he started second 

 favourite. At the end of that season he retired 

 to Lord John Scott's stud at Cawston Lodge, 

 Rugby, where he had the company of Melbourne, 

 Birdcatcher, and Windhound. Oulston was 

 touched in his wind, or he would no doubt have 

 had a much better racing record, for he was a 

 pretty good horse. 



St. Hubert, a colt by Surplice out of Ferina, 

 is an individual of no little importance so far as 

 the fashioning of my career is concerned, though 

 he never won a race. He belonged to Mr. Pad- 

 wick. As a two-year-old he did not run. The 

 following season he was engaged in the Two 

 Thousand and the Derby. When it was that 

 Day discovered St. Hubert to be a good colt I 

 do not know, but my recollection enables me to 

 say that the horse's preparation for the Two 

 Thousand Guineas was anything but an orthodox 

 one. Under the immediate eye of the trainer, 

 the work he did was of a very superficial character. 

 I can give positive evidence on this point, because 

 it was I who rode St. Hubert at exercise. Un- 

 known to Day, however, William Goater (who 

 was head lad at Michel Grove) was in the habit of 



