438 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



Faber, Mr. W. Low, and Mr. F. Alexander. 

 The few horses Lord Alington and Sir Frederick 

 Johnstone had in training remained, and shortly 

 afterwards it was arranged that two or three 

 of Lord Crewe's horses should also be accommo- 

 dated at Kingsclere; but apart from these the 

 boxes were at the disposal of the members of the 

 syndicate only. 



In 1904 the chief contributors to a total of 

 ;^ 1 9,942 were the Duke of Portland's Darley 

 Dale and Pamflete; the Duke of Westminster's 

 Grey Plume and Rydal Head ; and the Earl of 

 Crewe's Polymelus. Darley Dale was a three- 

 year-old colt by St. Simon out of Ismay, and 

 therefore brother to Simon Dale. He did not 

 run as a two-year-old ; in 1904 he started three 

 times. He made his first public appearance in 

 the Ascot Derby, which he won, beating King 

 Edward's Chatsworth and four others, one of 

 them being Lord Hamilton of Dalzell's Topiary, 

 who was afterwards bought by Mr. August 

 Belmont and became the dam of Tracery, by 

 Rock Sand. A trial on April 22 that year 

 resulted thus : 



One Mile 



Grey Plume, 3 yrs., 8 st. 2 lb. . . Watts i 



Rydal Head, 3 yrs., 9 st. 2 lb. . . Cannon 2 



Darley Dale, 3 yrs., 9 st. 2 lb. . . Jones 3 



Three others ran. 



Won by two lengths : four lengths between second 

 and third. 



