368 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



was one of them, for he was by Melton out of 

 Shotover. The Duke of Westminster bred him. 

 Courage was a conspicuous trait in his character. 

 He was one of the most lion-hearted horses I 

 ever had in my stable. The first time out he 

 ran Ladas to a length and a half in the Coventry 

 Stakes at Ascot. At Goodwood, after winning 

 a good trial at Kingsclere (giving 21 lb. and a 

 length beating to Legal Tender), he captured the 

 Ham Stakes, beating St. Florian, the sire of Ard 

 Patrick, half a length; and also the Prince of 

 Wales's Stakes, in which he gave Glare 6 lb. and 

 defeated her a neck. Speed being unplaced. In 

 October at Newmarket, Glare, however, managed 

 to turn the tables in the contest for the Bucken- 

 ham Stakes. 



The following year Bullingdon accompanied 

 Matchbox to the post for the Derby. A week 

 before the race I tried him over a mile and a 

 half to give the three-year-old Grey Leg — the 

 winner that spring of the City and Suburban — 

 a six-lengths* beating at level weights. He ran 

 well for about six furlongs at Epsom. His best 

 race was however that for the ;^i 0,000 Princess 

 of Wales's Stakes at Newmarket, in which, 

 receiving 18 lb. for a year, he ran Isinglass to 

 a head. A fortnight later he won the Midsummer 

 Plate. At Liverpool in the autumn he broke 

 his leg by kicking against the wall of his box, 

 and we had to destroy him. 



