334 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



produced at Eaton the colt Blue Green by Mn 

 Sharpens horse Cceruleus. The following year 

 came Order (who went to America), by Bend Or; 

 then Orme, by Ormonde. 



When Orme reached Kingsclere as a yearling; 

 he showed great promise. The Duke was very 

 fond of him, and the colt had not been many 

 months under my care before I began to entertain 

 great expectations regarding his future. On July 

 13, 1 891, three days before La Fl^che won her 

 first race at Newmarket, we tried Orme as 



follows : 



Five Furlongs. 

 Orme, 2 yrs., 8 st. 7 lb. . . . Barrett i 

 Massacre, 3 yrs., 9 st. 7 lb. . . Viney 2 



Oran, 2 yrs., 8 st — 3 



Orville, 2 yrs., 8 st. 7 lb. . . — 4 



Ortegal, 2 yrs., 8 st. . . . — 5 



Won by half a length; two lengths between 

 second and third ; two lengths between third and 

 fourth. 



La Fl^che's victory in the race for the Chester- 

 field Stakes enabled us to gauge the merits of I 

 Orme pretty accurately. When tried three: 

 weeks previously, La Fl^che, in receipt of 14 lb., 

 had finished a length in front of Massacre, so 

 that, judged collaterally, Orme was the sex 

 allowance (3 lb.) and half a length behind the 

 daughter of St. Simon — practically a length. 

 This form enabled me to take Orme to Good- 

 wood buoyed up with the hope and belief that 



