viii FOREWORD 



are familiar with the pages of Kingsclere will find 

 many fresh facts, anecdotes, and illuminating 

 comments in the present work. 



From the first Mr. Porter desired that the 

 book now presented to the public should be re- 

 garded as an authentic and enduring record of 

 his life's work. A few of us can testify to the 

 earnestness with which he set about a task most 

 men of his age would have shirked, and the anxiety 

 he displayed to ensure accuracy and completeness. 

 To me it will be an abiding pleasure that I was 

 privileged to further the realisation of a laudable 

 ambition, and to be so closely associated with 

 one whose name will always be honoured and 

 respected in Turf circles. 



EDWARD MOORHOUSE. 



26 Charing Cross Road, London, 

 November 19 19. 



