88 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



Eastley was a three-year-old colt by Trumpeter, 

 owned by Sir Frederick Johnstone and Mr. 

 Sturt (afterwards Lord Alington), trained by 

 Harry Goater at Winchester, and, at 5 to 4, 

 one of the hottest favourites ever known for the 

 Royal Hunt Cup. That he must have been 

 tried very highly goes without the saying ; but 

 he never won a race. It may be that Sir Joseph 

 Hawley endeavoured to " save " some of the 

 money he had laid out on Satyr (who started a 

 third favourite at 10 to i) by backing Eastley, 

 but if so he did not tell me about it. Anyhow, 

 by beating the presumed certainty, we put the 

 cat among the pigeons properly ! We ran 

 Satyr thrice more that season — twice at Good- 

 wood, where he was beaten a neck only for the 

 Chichester Stakes. Then, deciding that it was 

 not worth our while to persevere with him, we 

 gave him to Mannington, the Brighton " vet,** 

 who, after much patience, managed to win a race 

 or two with him in 1871. The horse afterwards 

 became the property of a Mr. Snap, and in a 

 ^100 Plate, at Ascot, defeated Sir Joseph's 

 candidate, Green Riband, who finished second ! 



