so JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



Macaroni to beat Lord Clifden (his mount) by 

 a head in the Derby, and was greatly piqued 

 when Chaloner (who had ridden Macaroni) was 

 put up on Lord Clifden in the Grand Prix. So 

 far as he was concerned, Lord Clifden 's failure 

 in Paris more or less squared matters. 



The favourite for the Grand Prix was the 

 French filly La Toucques, against whom odds 

 of 9 to 4 were laid. Then came Lord Clifden at 

 5 to 2, Saccharometer at 4 to i, and The Ranger 

 at 5 to I. We had been given to understand 

 that Saccharometer (owned by Lord Strathmore), 

 who, like our horse, had been unplaced in the 

 Derby, was strongly fancied. He and The 

 Ranger were quartered in the same stable in 

 Paris. I found that the journey to France had 

 upset Saccharometer, and he was off his feed. 

 Those with him tempted him with sundry 

 delicacies, but to no purpose, and I came to the 

 conclusion that we had little to fear in that 

 quarter. The Ranger was a bad mover in his 

 slow paces, and when Lord Strathmore saw him 

 at exercise the day before the race he said to 

 me, in a somewhat contemptuous way, ** Why, 

 the beggar cannot even trot.** Rather nettled 

 by his remark, I retorted: " Never mind that, 

 my lord; he can eat,'* And his lordship dis- 

 covered the following day that The Ranger 

 could also race to good purpose, for, ridden by 

 Jim Goater, he won the Grand Prix, beating La 



