338 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



subsequently bought for the Eaton Stud, and 

 became the dam of Duke of Westminster, a colt 

 who made some stir as a juvenile. A fortnight 

 later Orme won the Dewhurst Plate, giving 6 lb, 

 to El Diablo and beating him three-quarters 

 of a length ; and the following day he rounded, 

 off his two -year -old career by securing thej 

 Home-bred Foal Stakes from three moderat< 

 opponents. Orme, therefore, that season won] 

 five of the six races in which he ran, and, taking! 

 no account of the ** place ** money he secured] 

 at Manchester, captured stakes to the value of 

 ;£8i74. So far as the two-year-old form wa? 

 acceptable as a guide, he was manifestly the best 

 colt of his age. 



I mentioned Baron Hirsch*s colt Watercress] 

 as one of the good two-year-olds we had at 

 Kingsclere that season. That he is entitled tol 

 be so described is shown by the record of a trialj 

 which took place on September 1 9 : 



Six Furlongs. 



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



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



Candahar, 2 yrs., 7 st. 12 lb. . . — 3 



Won by a neck ; four lengths between second 

 and third. 



It will be noticed that, like La Fl^che and Orme! 

 in the earlier trials, Watercress was receiving a 

 stone from the three-year-old Massacre. As 

 the gallop took place three months after those 



