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he trained the filly himself. After the lapse of 

 nearly a score of years he could claim another 

 and a greater triumph when he prepared 

 Signorinetta, a daughter of Signorina, to win 

 the Derby and Oaks of 1908. Who that 

 witnessed it will ever forget the remarkable 

 scene on Epsom Downs when, immediately 

 after Signorinetta had won the Oaks, King 

 Edward received the Chevalier in his box and, 

 after congratulating him personally, took him to 

 the front of the Stand and " presented *' the 

 proud Italian gentleman to the crowd surging 

 and cheering below. It was one of those happy, 

 spontaneous, graceful and tactful actions that so 

 endeared the King to his people. 



The Duke of Westminster was denied the 

 pleasure and satisfaction of seeing Orme opposing 

 La Fl^che in the Middle Park Plate because, as 

 we have already recorded, the filly ran no more 

 that season after her victory at Doncaster. 

 Kingsclere was, however, dually represented in 

 the race, for we ran Sir Frederick Johnstone's 

 Polyglot as well as Orme. There were ten 

 runners, but Orme*s superiority over his rivals 

 seemed so pronounced that odds of 15 to 8 

 were laid on him. Speculators who put their 

 money on the favourite experienced no anxiety, 

 for he won easily by two lengths from Colonel 

 North's El Diablo, with Mr. Noel Fenwick's 

 filly Gantlet third. The latter, by Galopin, was 



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