264 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



The winning of the St. Leger was a very easy 

 task for Ormonde. The return reads: 



The St. Leger Stakes of 2 5 sovs. each, for three-years-old ; 

 colts 9 St., fillies 8 St. 11 lb. ; the second received 200 sovs. 

 and the third 100 sovs. out of the stakes. Old St. Leger Course, 

 one mile, six furlongs, and 132 yards. (191 subs. — £4450.) 



Duke of Westminster's b.c. Ormonde, by 



Bend Or Archer i 



Mr. Man ton's br.c. St. Mirin . . . G. Barrett 2 

 Mr. T. Jennings's b.c. Eimoor ... J. Goater 3 

 Mr. Douglas Baird's b.c. St. Michael . . . Cannon 4 



Duke of Westmmster's bl.c. Coracle . . . Webb 5 

 Mr. J. Lowther's ch.c. Easington .... Watts 6 

 Mr. R. Vyner's br.g. Lord Lumley -J- Osborne 7 



7 to I on Ormonde, 100 to 7 against St. Mirin, 25 to i 

 St. Michael, and 100 to i each the others. Won by four 

 lengths ; a bad third. 



The Yorkshire sporting people honoured 

 Ormonde with their attention and their cheers. 

 When at exercise on the Town Moor the morning 

 of the day before the race he was mobbed by 

 admirers. 



After the St. Leger was over, the Duke of 

 Westminster told me he would like to make me 

 a present. Would I have £s^o or take Kendal ? 

 I decided to accept Kendal. The late Lord 

 Wolverton was just then forming a stud at Iwerne 

 Minster, near Blandford in Dorsetshire, and 

 wanted a stallion. I leased Kendal to him for 

 three years at ;^300 a year, giving him the option 

 of buying the horse during that period for £1200, 



