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season at Mr. Haggin*s Californian stud, the 

 Rancho del Paso, but it is said that he begat not 

 a single foal that year. In May 1904 Mr. 

 Macdonough came to the conclusion that the 

 horse who had so grievously belied his hopes 

 should mercifully be put to death. The medium 

 employed was chloroform. The body was 

 buried at Menlo Park, to be exhumed a few 

 imonths later, when the skeleton was collected, 

 sent to London, and set up in the Natural History 

 Museum at South Kensington. 



If Ormonde *s American-bred offspring were 

 few in number, they were of good quality. The 

 best of them were probably Ormondale (who 

 ^won the Futurity Stakes in 1905), Orsini, and 

 Ossary, all of whom were fairly successful at 

 the stud. His influence in Argentina was small. 

 ^Not more than ten of his daughters found their 

 ^ay into the Argentine Stud Book, and none of 

 lis native-bred sons gained any distinction as 

 a stallion, though Orville, imported to Argentina 

 from England, proved a sire of some note. 



By the time Ormonde reached England 

 en route to America his offspring here had done 

 big things. The results that accrued from the 

 two seasons he had at the stud before going to 

 South America were, indeed, in some respects, 

 quite remarkable. His first crop numbered 

 seven living foals; his second, one only. The 

 seven born in 1889 were Orme, Goldfinch, 



