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view to bringing Ormonde back to his native 

 land. Mr. Webster managed to secure twenty 

 subscribers for three seasons at 300 guineas 

 per mare. He, however, wanted thirty- five 

 subscribers, and as this total could not be made 

 up, the scheme fell through — fortunately for all 

 concerned. 



When Ormonde returned to England from 

 the Argentine in the summer of 1893, ^ went, 

 accompanied by Mr. Somerville Tattersall, to 

 Southampton to meet him. I saw him first 

 in his box on the boat. The manner in which 

 he greeted the trainer who had idolised him 

 was not, I am bound to confess, quite so friendly 

 as I could have desired, for he snapped at me. 

 He was looking remarkably well. After landing 

 he was sent to Goodwood to rest until the time 

 came to ship him to New York. I saw him 

 again at Goodwood, and pulled a few hairs out 

 of his mane and tail which I have preserved as 

 a memento of a great and noble creature. 



