440 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



were placed respectively first and second in the 

 Eclipse Stakes of ;^ 10,000 at Sandown Park. 

 This was the third time I had saddled the first 

 two horses in this event. 



Polymelus was one of the few horses Lord 

 Crewe sent to me. He made his debut at Ascot 

 in the Triennial, and ran second to Petit Bleu. 

 Then he was unplaced in the National Breeders* 

 Stakes at Sandown, won by Cicero. His first 

 success was gained at Goodwood, where he won 

 the Richmond Stakes. After running second in 

 Convivial Produce Stakes at York he won the 

 Rous Memorial at Newmarket. He was then 

 unplaced in the Imperial Produce Stakes at 

 Kempton and in the Middle Park Plate, but 

 wound up the season by winning the Criterion 

 Stakes at Newmarket. 



As a three -year -old Polymelus ran eleven 

 times. He won the Triennial at Ascot (beating 

 Llangibby), the Durham County Produce Stakes, 

 the Duke of York Stakes at York, and the Gat- 

 wick Stakes. In three other races he finished 

 second and was once placed third. One of his 

 seconds was the St. Leger, in which Challacombe 

 beat him. 



This was the last of him so far as I was con- 

 cerned, because I gave up training at the end of 

 1905. And it was also the end of him as far as 

 Lord Crewe was concerned, because he was, 

 before the next season came round, sold to Mr. 



