48o JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



Isonomy, 179, 181, 184, 185 ; 

 won by William the Third, 

 421 



Ashmall, Tom, jockey : my school- 

 fellow, I ; married daughter of 

 Tom Taylor, of Bretby, 99 



Astley, Sir John : Fernandez and 

 Mr. F. Gretton, 188 



Aurelian : found in blacksmith's 

 shop, 48 ; fourth in Derby, 49 



Baird, Douglas : bidder for La 

 Fltehe, 329 



Bard, The : second to Ormonde in 

 Derby, 261 ; unbeaten 2-y.o., 

 262 } a race with Ormonde 

 declined, 266 



Barrett, George (jockey) : rode 

 Ormonde in 2000 Gs., 257 j 

 style of riding — eccentricities, 

 258 J foul riding against 

 Ormonde, 271 ; handled Orme 

 well in " Eclipse," 343 ; bad 

 race on La Fleche in Derby, 

 345 ; successful on filly in the 

 Oaks, 346 ; a wild effort on 

 Orme in St. Leger, 347 



Barrow, Boyce : an owner of 

 Common, 326 



Bartle, George, of Brigg : sells 

 Merry Hart and Bones, 46 



Batt (half-brother to Flying Fox) : 

 a good trial — won Criterion 

 and Houghton Stakes, 381 ; 

 another trial — beaten in 

 Guineas — second in the Derby, 

 382; other races, 383, 384; 

 sent to S. America, 384 



Batthyany, Count : death — sale of 

 St. Simon, 222 



Baxendale, Lloyd H. : sale of land 

 for Newbury Racecourse, 444, 

 446 



Beadsman : victory in Derby, 61, 

 62 ; sent as yearling to be 

 trained by Manning, 64 j 

 offered as gift " with engage- 

 ments," 65 



Beauclerc : son of Rosicrucian, 1 30 



Bedminster : shared by Lord 

 Anneslcy and Sir J. Hawley, 

 68 } tried for 2000 Gs., 69 ; 



favourite for the race but 

 badly beaten, 70 ; tried for 

 the Derby and breaks down, 

 70 } his predicament on Derby 

 day, 71 



Belladrum : beaten in Champagne 

 Stakes, 132, 133 ; already 

 favourite for Derby, 133 J 

 winter favourite, 137; second 

 in 2000 Gs., 138 ; beaten in 

 Derby, 139 



Belmont, August (late) : purchase 

 of St. Blaise, 2 1 6 



Belmont, August : purchase of 

 Rock Sand, 320 



Bend Or : value of mares by, 80 ; 

 beat Fernandez at Ascot, 188, 

 189 ; likeness to Sandiway, 

 and Bend Or v. Tadcaster 

 controversy, 218 



Bentinck, Lord George, 42 



Benzon, E. H. (" Jubilee Plunger ") : 

 buys Carrasco, 297 



Beresford, Lord Marcus : the 

 purchase of La Fleche, 329 } 

 manager of horses owned by 

 Prince of Wales and Baron 

 Hirsch, 339 



Birdcatcher : descendants of, and 

 curby hocks, 80 



Black Sand : amazing defeat of 

 William the Third, 423 



Blackwell, George : appointed 

 trainer to Baron Hirsch, 352 



Blake, W. : a Findon patron, 45 



Blanc, M. Edmond : Gouverneur 

 and Common in 2000 Gs., 

 323 ; R^virend second in St. 

 Leger, 324 j purchase of 

 Flying Fox, 399 ; yield the 

 speculation produced, 400, 401 



Blue Gown (by Beadsman) : won 

 as 2-y.-o. at Ascot in May, 

 90 ; won Champagne Stakes 

 and disqualified, 91-96 ; beaten 

 in trial, 102 ; won Clearwell, 

 102 ; remarkable constitution, 

 III ; why did not run in 

 2000 Gs., Ill, 112; position 

 in Derby betting, 112; beaten 

 by The Earl in Biennial, 113; 

 Derby trial, 115, 116} my 



