154 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



These suggestions proved unacceptable to the 

 majority of the members of the Club. The third 

 proposal was withdrawn before it had been sub- 

 mitted to a vote; the other three were rejected 

 by substantial majorities. But Sir Joseph's en- 

 deavours were not entirely abortive, for it was 

 decided by a majority of twenty-seven to eight that 

 no two-year-old should run before May i . On the 

 principle that half a loaf is better than no bread, 

 Sir Joseph was pleased that his fellow-members 

 had gone thus far on the road he sought to lead 

 them. He was not, however, content with this 

 qualified success. His next move was to give 

 his views a wider publicity through the columns 

 of the Press. The reforms he recommended 

 were: 



1. No horse to run in any flat race after November 15 

 or before March 25, and no two-year-old before Sep- 

 tember I. 



2. No entries for two-year-old races shall be made 

 more than fifteen days before the day advertised for 

 running. 



3. No entry of any horse under four years old to be 

 received in any handicap. 



4. No public money, cup or other prize, to be given 

 in any race to which two-year-olds are admitted, to any 

 race under a mile, or to any handicap. 



5. All entries to be made in the real name of an owner 

 or part owner. 



6. That the basis of the Jockey Club be extended, and 

 that not only more gentlemen who are large owners of 



