22 8 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



sister to the then five-year-old Controversy, with 

 whom his lordship had won the Lincolnshire 

 Handicap and the Liverpool Summer Cup. The 

 filly raced as a two-year-old only, and her solitary 

 victory was gained the first time she ran — in a 

 Maiden Plate over half a mile at Epsom. The 

 following year, 1879, she was mated with 

 Kisber, and in May 1880 was one of nine 

 mares Lord Roseber}-- disposed of at a sale held 

 at Epsom. Mr. Young R. Graham, of the 

 Yardley Stud, secured her, together with her 

 colt foal Graft, for 130 guineas. 



When the hammer fell and the buyer's name 

 was announced, Young Graham's brother ex- 

 claimed, '* What ! Have you bought another 

 mare ? " " Yes," was the reply, ** and if she 

 is all right I hope she will breed for us another 

 Isonomy." Seeing Lord Rosebery standing at 

 the other side of the ring talking to Lord 

 Falmouth, the brother suggested that the buyer 

 should go and ask if there was anything wrong 

 with the mare. Young Graham approached Lord 

 Rosebery, who told him that his sole reason 

 for parting with Casuistry was her inability to 

 stay more than four furlongs. Casuistry had 

 been mated again with Kisber in 1880 but 

 proved barren. The following year the Grahams 

 put her to Sterling, and the result of the union 

 was Paradox. 



I may mention that the mare which followed 



