242 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



the Lusitania horror ofF the coast of Ireland in 

 the spring of 1 9 1 5. 



It was subsequent to this unfortunate Cam- 

 bridgeshire incident that Paradox easily won the 

 Champion Stakes. His splendid appearance and 

 the facile style in which he won the race excited 

 universal admiration, and renewed the regret 

 that he was not allowed to compete in the Cam- 

 bridgeshire, which was won by the three-year-old 

 French filly Plaisanterie, carrying 8 st. 12 lb., 

 including a 10 lb. penalty incurred by winning 

 the Cesarewitch a fortnight previously. 



Here is a copy of a card which happens to 

 have been preserved among my papers. How 

 I came by it I cannot say ; probably it was sent 

 to me by a disgruntled backer : 



IN MEMORIAM 



PARADOX 



WHO TOOK THE INEVITABLE 



SCRATCH 



ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1 885. 



A SELECT SYNDICATE OF BOOKMAKERS 



SANG HIS REQUIEM, AND THE 



BRITISH PUBLIC SUPPLIED THE 



MONEY FOR HIS 



BURIAL. 



O THOU, WHATEVER TITLE SUIT THEE, 

 AULD HORNIE, SATAN, NICK, OR CLOOTIE. 



