282 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



Sorcerer, Llanthony, Orville, Kilkenny, and 

 Orontes 11. The two last-named were fillies. 

 Glen wood was the solitary living foal by Ormonde 

 born in 1890. Of these eight colts and fillies, 

 Orville and Orontes II. were the only two that 

 did not win races, and even they afterwards 

 made amends by getting or producing winners. 

 Here is a summary of the racing achievements 

 of Ormonde's English-bred stock : 



24 £40.248 



I think we are justified in assuming from the 

 foregoing statistics that, but for his illness in 

 1889, which permanently weakened his pro- 

 creative powers, Ormonde would have been 

 brilliantly successful both in the Argentine and 

 the United States. The figures credited to 

 Orme explain, of course, the difference between 

 ;^i 2,000 and ;^3o,ooo, his selling value in 1890 

 and 1892 respectively. 



In 1 891, after Orme and Goldfinch had 

 shown good form as two-year-olds, the late Mr. 

 J. Hume Webster, of Marden Deer Park, tried 

 to form a syndicate of English breeders with a 



