492 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



Ladas in Guineas and Derby, 

 362, 363 ; bought by Baron 

 Hirsch, 363 ; second in Grand 

 Prix, 364. ; sold to Hungarians, 

 364 ; defeat in St. Leger, 365, 

 366 5 at the Kisber Stud, 

 where successful as a sire, 367 



Matches : The Palmer v. Hermit, 

 80, 81 ; how they were often 

 arranged, 81 ; deterring effect 

 of Heath Tax, 82 ; Xi a;. The 

 Earl, 10 1, 102 ; Morna "v. 

 Acaster, 133 ; Siderolite v. 

 Midsummer, 145 



Match Girl : dam of Matchbox 

 and Matchmaker, 243, 244 



Matchmaker, 371 



Mathews, Sir C. : visits to Kings- 

 clere, 294 



May, Walter : trainer at Michel 

 Grove, 5 



Melton : won Middle Park Plate, 

 230, 231 ; beat Paradox in 

 the Derby, 235-237 ; a race 

 with Ormonde declined, 266 



Mendicant : purchase of, by Sir J. 

 Hawley, 6i ; failure in Ascot 

 Cup, 61 ; breeds Derby winner. 

 Beadsman ,61, 62 ; reserved at, 

 500 gs., 64 



Merry, James : horses with 

 Saunders, 3 ; Lord of the 

 Isles, 27 ; leaves William 

 Day, 28^ disappointments over 

 Belladrum, 132, 138 



Miami : Oaks winner, 61 



Michel Grove (training stable) : 

 John Day at, 4 j I go there 

 as apprentice, 4 ; Mr. Grat- 

 wicke and his trainers at, 5 ; 

 taken by Pad wick, 65 Mr. 

 Gully's visit to, 43 ; fine 

 training gallops, 55 ; my 

 visit to, 56 



Middle Park Plate : Green Sleeve, 

 Rosicrucian and Lady Eliza- 

 beth, 102, 105-107 ; Pero 

 Gomez, 134-136; Shotover 

 unplaced, 203 ; Paradox un- 

 lucky, 230 J Friar's Balsam, 

 298} Orme, 337; Omladina 

 second to St. Frusquin, 373 ; 



Flying Fox beaten by Caiman, 

 389 ; Greatorex beaten a 

 head, 436 ; Polymelus un- 

 placed, 440 



Miguel : second in Derby and St. 

 Leger, 308 



Miller, Sir James : bought Sain- 

 foin, 316 



Minting : winner of Middle Park 

 Plate, 252 ; Matt Dawson's 

 great opinion of, 255, 256 ; 

 beaten in 2000 Gs., 258, 



259 ; ran in Grand Prix 

 (and won) instead of Derby, 



260 ; beat St. Mirin at Ascot, 

 269 ; beaten a neck by 

 Ormonde in famous race for 

 Hardwicke Stakes, 270 



Miss Agnes : bought by Sir Tatton 

 Sykes, 246 ; dam of Polly 

 A7ne5 (g.d. of Ormonde), 246 



Miss Jummy (winner of 1000 Gs. 

 and Oaks) : beaten by Or- 

 monde, 254 



Modwena : one of Ormonde's first 

 opponents, 252, 253 



Mon Droit : useful winner — 

 Friar's Balsam tried with, 298 



Monk : first horse to win in 

 my colours, 1 80 j failure in 

 Stewards' Cup (1877), 180 



Montrose, Duchess of : desire to 

 sell Isonomy, 186 



Morna : sister to The Palmer and 

 Rosicrucian, 131 ; won trial 

 for Champagne Stakes, 131, 

 132; and the race, 133; an 

 unlucky 3-y.-o., 133 ; not 

 a good stayer, 134; other 

 races, 1 34 ; went to France, 

 but not a success at stud, 134 



Mortimer : defeat by Scythian in 

 Chester Cup, 25 



Moulton Paddocks (Newmarket) : 

 Ormonde at, 277 



Musjid : winner of Derby, 65 ; 

 as stallion at Leybourne 

 Grange, 66 



Nameless : dam of Geheimniss, 197 



Newbury Racecourse : scheme took 



shape, 443 ; negotiations with 



