392 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



During the ensuing winter all went well 

 with Flying Fox, and when, on April 15, 

 eleven days before the Two Thousand Guineas, 

 we tried him over a mile, we confidently expected 

 him to come out of the ordeal triumphantly. 

 He did not disappoint us, for the result of the 

 gallop was as follows ; 



One Mile 

 Flying Fox, 3 yrs., 9 st. 4 lb. . . M. Cannon i 



Frontier, 3 yrs., 8 st. 9 lb. . . . Moreton 2 



Batt, 4 yrs., 9 st. 7 lb Pratt 3 



Clean Gone, 3 yrs., 7 st. 11 lb. . . Gannon 4 



Princess Mary, 3 yrs., 8 st. o lb. . . . Rouse 5 



Calveley, 4 yrs., 8 st. 9 lb. . . . . Dibbin 6 



Won easily by half a length ; two lengths between 

 second and third ; three lengths between fourth and fifth ; 

 one length between fifth and sixth. 



On April 11, at Newmarket, Batt had 

 finished second, beaten a neck in the Craven 

 Trial Plate, at Newmarket, and Clean Gone had 

 run third in the Biennial. All doubt concerning 

 the value of the trial tackle seemed to be dissipated 

 when, on April 21, Calveley easily won the 

 Esher Stakes at Sandown Park. On the 26th 

 Flying Fox, with odds of 6 to 5 laid on him, won 

 the Two Thousand Guineas. Without any 

 difficulty he beat his old opponent Caiman two 

 lengths. The latter was second favourite at 

 5 to I. Mr. Leopold de Rothschild's Trident, 

 winner of the Newmarket Biennial, was third, 

 three lengths behind the second. 



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