298 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



Mon Droit was a filly by Isonomy out of In 

 Bounds, which I had bought for myself at New- 

 market the previous July. In April she had 

 been beaten by a neck only for the Sandown Park 

 T.Y.O. Stakes, and at Newmarket on May lo 

 won a similar race in a canter by four lengths. 

 When, therefore, I found that Friar *s Balsam 

 could give her a stone and an easy beating, I 

 knew he must be something out of the common. 

 The following are the races he won that season : 



New Stakes, Ascot (beating Seabreeze three 



lengths, with Ayrshire a bad third) . ;Ci322 

 HuRSTBouRNE Stakes, Stockbridge . . 1150 

 July Stakes, Newmarket (beating Seabreeze 



three-quarter length) . . . .1320 

 Richmond Stakes, Goodwood . . . 817 

 Molecomb Stakes, Goodwood (walked over) 375 

 Middle Park Plate, Newmarket (Seabreeze 



third) 2235 



Dewhurst Plate, Newmarket . . . 1447 



Before the Middle Park Plate — the date was 

 October 6 — we tried him as follows: 



Six Furlongs 



Orbit, 2 yrs., 7 st. 

 Spot, 3 yrs., 8 st. 4 lb. 

 Friar's Balsam, 2 yrs., 9 st. 4 lb. 

 Mon Droit, 2 yrs., 8 st. 11 lb. 

 Ossory, 2 yrs., 8 st. 11 lb. . 



Won by a length ; half a length 

 and third; the same between third, fourth, and 

 fifth. 



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 4 



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 between second 



