320 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



James Miller's death, was sold to Mr, August 

 Belmont, of New York, for ;^2 5,000. After 

 being for some years in America, Rock Sand 

 was acquired by a French syndicate, and died 

 in France in 19 14. 



The late Sir Richard Green Price, writing 

 about the time Sainfoin won the Derby, paid 

 the following just tribute to the son of Spring- 

 field : — " Sainfoin is . . . medium-sized, level, true 

 in his slow paces as in his fast; fine tempered 

 and willing to do his best ; not a smasher, but a 

 wearer down of such as Surefoot, and his very 

 looks tell you so as surely as a knowledge of 

 horseflesh is your heritage." 



Reverting to the St. Leger of 1890, I find, 

 on looking at the Racing Calendar^ that, the odds 

 laid against the Kingsclere candidates were ; — 

 4 to I Sainfoin, 10 to i Blue Green, 25 to i 

 Right-away, and 200 to i each Gonsalvo and 

 Orwell. These " prices " notwithstanding. 

 Right-away (brother to Veracity) was the best 

 of the lot. We all thought so. Unfortunately, 

 however, he broke down badly during the race. 

 I bought him for Mr. Low as a yearling at 

 Doncaster for 11 50 guineas. When a two- 

 year-old he won four of the seven races in which 

 he ran ; and at Liverpool, the following spring, 

 won the BickerstafFe Stakes. The fact that he 

 did not race again until the St. Leger indicates 

 the trouble we had with his legs; but, before 



