490 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



visits, 290 ; Admiral Sir H. 

 Keppel, 291 ; visits of dis- 

 tinguished lawyers, 291-294; 

 a wonderful Goodwood, 302, 

 303 ; Mr. W. Low joined, 

 307 ; Sainfoin, 313; Com- 

 mon, 321 ; La Fleche, Orme, 

 Watercress, and Goldfinch, 

 330 5 Throstle and Match- 

 box, 365 ; thirteen two-year- 

 old winners in 1895, 371 ; 

 William the Third, 414. ; con- 

 verted into a limited company, 



437 ; departure of horses 

 owned by Mr. Faber, Mr. 

 Low, and Mr. Alexander, 437, 



438 ; a small total of winnings 

 (1903), 437 ; Polymelus the 

 last winner saddled, 442 



King Tom : at Myrtle Grove, 



24 ; sold to Baron Rothschild, 



24 

 Kingwood : Ormonde's last race 



and, 272, 273 

 Kisber Stud : Matchbox at, 367 

 Kissing Cup : won New Stakes, 



369 ; bought as a yearling — 



produce, 370 



Labrador : useful 2-y.-o. — good 

 stayer — third in 2000 Gs., 

 — second in St. Leger — winner 

 of Champion Stakes — subse- 

 quent form, 375 



Ladas : always too good for Match- 

 box, 360 ; unbeaten 2-y.-o., 

 362 ; victories in Guineas 

 and Derby, 362 ; subsequent 

 failures, 363 ; defeat in St. 

 Leger, 365, 366 



Lady Elizabeth : beat Blue Gown at 

 Bath, 90 ; defeat of The Earl 

 by Xi, loi ; failure in Middle 

 Park Plate and consternation 

 at Danebury, 105-107 ; two- 

 year-old record, 105 j beat 

 Julius in Match, 107 ; winter 

 favourite for Derby, 112 j 

 Danebury's predicament, 120, 

 121 J went to pieces as result 

 of match with Julius, 121 j 

 public infatuated, 121 ; badly 



beaten in Derby, 122 ; and 

 in Oaks, 122 

 La Fleche : bought by Baron Hirsch 

 at Hampton Court Yearling 

 Sale, 329, 330 ; sent to Kings- 

 clere, 330 ; 2-y.-o. trial, 331 ; 

 won first race, 332 ; suc- 

 cesses at Goodwood and Don- 

 caster, 332, 333 J D. of 

 Westminster's opinion of, 335 ; 

 won 1000 Gs., 344 ; failure 

 in the Derby, 344-346 ; victory 

 in the Oaks, 346 ; and in St. 

 Leger, 347, 348 ; a great 

 stayer, 350 ; autumn successes 

 — including the Cambridge- 

 shire, 350, 351 ; left Kings- 

 clere, 351 » twice beaten by 

 Orme, 3S3 > racing record, 

 355, 356 ; bought by Sir 

 Tatton Sykes, 356; stud 

 record, 357 ; death, 358 j 

 highest-priced brood mare, 356, 



357 



Lambert, George : his version of 

 Virago's trial, 1 5 ; horses at 

 Findon, 39 ; buys Cesarewitch 

 winner Rocket from Padwick, 

 39 ; my opinion of, 40 



Lambkin, The : victory in St. Leger 

 and bother over nomination, 

 219 



La Roche : second in trial, 407 ; 

 won Prince of Wales's Nursery, 



408 ; another trial, 408 ; 

 fourth in 1000 Gs. — won 

 the Oaks and Manchester Cup 

 — beaten in Doncaster Cup, 



409 ; failure in the Cam- 

 bridgeshire, 410 ; at the Stud, 

 410 



LehndorfF, Count (late) : purchase 

 of Geheimniss, 20 1 



Lc Var : winner of Princess of 

 Wales's Stakes, 371 



Leybourne Grange : Sir J. Haw- 

 ley's home in Kent, 64 ; size 

 of Stud, 66 ; Mr. T. Phillips a 

 tenant, 66 ; Madame Eglentine, 

 and some Russian sheep, 91 



Lictor : beaten by Blue Gown, 90 ; 

 reliable trial horse, 1 39 ; 



