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I never regarded him as being one. It follows 

 therefore that the way he was ridden in the St. 

 Leger was the one best calculated to bring about 

 his defeat. It all came of the Duke aggravating 

 Barrett by mentioning the insinuation against the 

 jockey's good faith. There is, by the way, 

 striking confirmation of my opinion regarding 

 Orme*s lack of stamina in the fact that the 

 majority of his offspring were mere sprinters. 

 He was a much better horse over a mile or a mile 

 and a quarter than over a longer course. The 



iltSt. Leger was his only race over a long distance. 

 ■ Still, it is just possible that but for his illness 

 Hhe would have won the Derby. He was tremen- 

 Bdously good over his best distance. Orme, I 

 Mmay add, had a will of his own. When he went 

 "to the stud at Eaton his temper was soothed by 

 giving him a paddock in which to exercise him- 

 self. It was unusual at that time to treat a stallion 

 in this way, but nowadays the practice is quite a 

 common and, I should say, a very sensible one. 

 Before the season ended Orme won four more 

 races, all at Newmarket. They were the Great 

 Foal Stakes, the Champion Stakes, the Limekiln 

 Stakes, and the Subscription Stakes. In the 

 Limekiln Stakes, run over the Rowley Mile, he 

 gave El Diablo 9 lb. and beat him three lengths. 

 That was on the Tuesday of the Houghton 

 Meeting. On the Wednesday he won the 

 Subscription Stakes, but on the Thursday failed 



