LAST YEARS AT KINGSCLERE 439 



Nine days before this gallop Grey Plume had 

 won the Wood Ditton Stakes at Newmarket, and 

 then run second to Airlie in the Craven Stakes. 

 Rydal Head was unplaced in the Two Thousand 

 Guineas. 



Before Ascot, on June 9, there was a trial, 

 the record of which reads : 



One Mile and a Half 



Percussion, 3 yrs., 7 st. 7 lb i 



Rydal Head, 3 yrs., 8 st. 12 lb. . . .2 

 Count Hannibal, 3 yrs., 7 st. 7 lb. . . .3 

 Darley Dale, 3 yrs., 8 st. 12 lb. . . .4 



Won by a head ; four lengths between second 

 and third ; two lengths between third and fourth. 



The same morning the following trial also took 

 place : 



Six Furlongs 



Grey Plume, 3 yrs., 9 st. 10 lb. . M. Cannon i 

 Polymelus, 2 yrs., 8 st. 7 lb. . . Moreton 2 

 Pamflete, 2 yrs., 8 st. 7 lb. . . C. Cannon 3 



Won by a length; three lengths between second 

 and third. 



At Ascot Grey Plume won the Trial Stakes ; 

 Polymelus ran second in the Triennial ; Pamflete 

 was third to Cicero and Vedas in the Coventry 

 Stakes ; Rydal Head won the Prince of Wales's 

 Stakes ; and Darley Dale won the Ascot Derby. 



Darley Dale was a nice horse, but not quite in 

 the top class. On July 15 he and Rydal Head 



