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The best of the two-year-olds at Kingsclere 

 in 1894 were Tarporley and Kissing Cup, both 

 belonging to the Duke of Westminster. By St. 

 Simon out of Ruth, by Scottish Chief, Tarporley 

 gave promise of developing into a high-class 

 horse, but unfortunately, in the late autumn, 

 injured one of his legs and had to be turned 

 out of training. Just before Ascot I tried him 

 to beat four other two-year-olds and the four- 

 year-old Joyful. He finished a neck in front of 

 Kissing Cup, giving her 3 lb. Tarporley was a 

 biggish horse and had somewhat outgrown his 

 strength as a yearling. At Ascot, after running 

 unplaced for the Coventry Stakes the first day, 

 he won the Windsor Castle Stakes the fourth 

 day. We were quite prepared for this, because 

 in the meantime Kissing Cup had carried off the 

 New Stakes, so we felt justified in assuming that 

 Tarporley had not run up to his trial form in the 

 Coventry. At Goodwood, Tarporley secured 

 the Prince of Wales's Stakes, but was beaten in 

 the Middle Park Plate and in a race at the Liver- 

 pool Autumn Meeting. Then he met with the 

 accident which brought his racing career to a 

 premature conclusion. He went to the stud at 

 Theakston Hall, near Bedale, in North Yorkshire, 

 and did fairly well as a sire. Some of his 

 daughters have been successful brood mares. 

 He was eventually leased to go to France. 



Kissing Cup started only twice as a two-year- 



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