64 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



entered in Sir Joseph Hawley*s name, he would 

 not have been entitled to the cup if he had come 

 in first. Inasmuch, however, as Vatican had been 

 allowed to start as Mr. Morris's property, the 

 objection to The Ban could not be sustained. 



Though Sir Joseph's good name was thus 

 cleared, his feelings were sadly ruffled. He sold 

 the greater part of his stud under the hammer, 

 but reserved Cowl, The Confessor (who had 

 run second in the Two Thousand, and won the 

 Great Yorkshire Handicap), Mendicant (who 

 did not make her reserve of 500 guineas), and half 

 a dozen fillies, who were added to the breeding 

 stud at Ley bourne Grange, Sir Joseph's home, 

 near Maidstone. 



Not many months had elapsed before Sir 

 Joseph's disgust was overpowered by the mag- 

 netism of the Turf. He sadly missed the interest 

 and excitement his racehorses had afforded him; 

 and so within a year he was back on the Turf. 

 He now became a patron of John Day at Dane- 

 bury. The venture was, however, attended with 

 ill-luck, and two years later he decided to have a 

 stable of his own. Engaging George Manning 

 (who had been head lad to Percy, at Pimperne) as 

 his private trainer, he installed him at Cannon 

 Heath. Among the yearlings he sent to Man- 

 ning were Beadsman and FitzRoland. The 

 former he had bred himself ; the latter he bought 

 for 410 guineas at the Hampton Court sale. 



