350 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



by a length and a half to give El Diablo 1 6 lb. 

 in the Free Handicap, decided Across the Flat 

 — ten furlongs. As this was his third race in 

 three days he may have been a little stale. On 

 the Limekiln Stakes form he ought successfully 

 to have conceded the weight to Colonel North's 

 horse. 



After her victory in the St. Leger, La Flfeche 

 enlarged her sequence of triumphs by winning 

 the Lancashire Plate (worth £j93o) at Man- 

 chester, and the Grand Duke Michael Stakes, 

 the Newmarket Oaks, and the Cambridgeshire 

 at Newmarket. The Derby was the only race 

 in which she was beaten as a three-year-old. 

 These autumn races revealed her versatility, for 

 the distances were eight, nine, ten, and twelve 

 furlongs. She was, indeed, a splendid performer 

 over every course. As to her staying power we 

 never reached the end of it. 



La Flfeche*s effort in the Cambridgeshire was 

 a highly meritorious one, for she had 8 st. lo lb. 

 on her three-year-old back. Only two of her 

 twenty-eight opponents carried more weight — 

 the four-year-old Buccaneer (winner that season 

 of the City and Suburban, Ascot Cup, and other 

 good races), and Miss Dollar, a six-year-old, 

 whose lo lb. penalty for winning the Duke 

 of York Handicap at Kempton raised her 

 Cambridgeshire weight to 8 st. ii lb. La 

 Fleche was already so fit that, when training 



