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KendaFs fee was 25 guineas. Lord Wolverton 

 died before the lease had run its course, and Lady 

 Wolverton asked if I would mind taking Kendal 

 back. I agreed to do so. Having no use for 

 him myself, I sold him to Mr. John Gubbins for 

 ;^3000. Kendal then went to the Knockany 

 Stud, Co. Limerick, and there became the sire 

 of Galtee More and other good horses. Mr. 

 Gubbins eventually sold him to Major Piatt for 

 18,000 guineas, and Kendal was for a few years 

 located at the Bruntwood Stud in Cheshire. 

 Finally, he was sold to the proprietors of the Ojo 

 de Agua Stud in Argentina for, I think, ;^8ooo. 

 He was a great success in the Argentine, where 

 he died in 1908. 



At the Newmarket First October Meeting 

 Ormonde won the Great Foal Stakes, beating 

 his stable companion Whitefriar, and Mephisto. 

 The same week he walked over for the New- 

 market St. Leger, on which occasion I gave him 

 a lead on my grey hack Jack. This seemed to 

 amuse the onlookers, who shouted to me, ** Go 

 on, John, or he'll beat you T' A fortnight later, 

 with odds of 100 to i laid on him, Ormonde won 

 j the Champion Stakes from two opponents ; and at 

 the Houghton Meeting he won the Free Handi- 

 cap by eight lengths, carrying 9 st. 2 lb., and 

 giving 2 St. each to Mephisto and Theodore. 

 Having regard to what Mephisto had done, this 

 was a wonderful performance. The following 



