INDEX 



495 



230 ; unluckily beaten Middle 

 Park Plate, 231 ; the Duke 

 sells Paradox to Mr. Cloete, 



231 ; colt wins Dewhurst 

 Plate, 231 ; Guineas trial, 



232 ; wins 2000 Gs., 233 ; 

 beaten in Derby by Melton, 

 235-237 ; wins Grand Prix, 

 237 ; scratched from Cam- 

 bridgeshire, 238 ; resulting 

 unpleasantness, 238-241 ; won 

 Champion Stakes, 242 ; leaves 

 Kingsclere, 24.1 ; at the stud, 

 243 ; an " In Memoriam " 

 card, 242 



Park House (Kingsclere), mere 

 cottage when built, 108. 

 See Kingsclere Stables 



Parker, Tass : Hobbie Noble, 3 



Parole (bred in U.S.A.) : public 

 trial (with Isonomy) for ** City 

 and Sub." and Great Metro- 

 politan, both of which he won, 

 177 



Parr, Tom : Rataplan won races for, 

 23 ; owner of Saucebox, 25 j 

 disappointment with Morti- 

 mer, 25 



Pearson, General : breeder of 

 Pageant, 168 



Peck, Robert : D of Westminster's 

 horses left Russley for Kings- 

 clere, 196, 202 ; purchase of 

 Shotover, 203 ; offer to take 

 her himself, 204 



Percy (of Pimpeme) : trainer to 

 Lord Alington and Sir F. 

 Johnstone, 202 



Perdita II. (dam of Persimmon, 

 etc.) : bought by Prince of 

 Wales — racing record, 2875 

 yielded the Prince ^^2 50,000, 

 288 ; produce and winnings, 

 289 



Perfection : One Thousand and 

 Oaks, 40, 41 



Pero Gomez : breeding of, 1 3 1 } 

 a good trial, 131, 132; tried 

 for Middle Park Plate and 

 does well, 135 ; why Sir J. 

 Hawley's *' second string," 

 135 ; won Middle Park Plate, 



136; dead-heated with Wild 

 Oats in Criterion, 137 ; second 

 winter favourite for Derby, 

 137 ; not same class as Rosi- 

 crucian, 137; trained specially 

 for Derby, 138 j badly beaten 

 in trial, 138 ; beaten a head 

 in Derby by Pretender, 139 J 

 won St. Leger, with Pretender 

 unplaced, 141, 142 ; why he 

 beat Pretender ^ length only 

 in Doncaster Stakes, 142 ; 

 last races, 142, 143 j sold, 

 143 ; at the stud, 143 j 

 character and defects, 143 



Phillips, T. : stud at Leybourne 

 Grange, 66 



Pietermaritzburg : fourth in St. 

 Leger — winner of Jockey Club 

 Stakes — at the stud — sold to 

 go to Argentina, 429, 430 



Piety : wirmer of Manchester Cup, 



377 . 



Pless, Prince : became owner of 

 Blue Gown, 128 



Polly Agnes (grandam of Ormonde) : 

 despised by Sir Tatton Sykes, 

 246 



Polymelus : trial (2-y.-o.), 439 ; 

 winner at Goodwood and 

 Newmarket, 440 j 3-y«-0' 

 form — second in St. Leger, 

 440 ; sold to Mr. David 

 Faber, then to Mr. Sol Joel, 

 441 ; subsequent successes, 

 441, 442 ; at the stud, 442 ; 

 never at his best when at 

 Kingsclere, 442 



Porter, John : date and place of 

 birth, I ; two years in London, 

 2 J association with trainers at 

 Hednesford, 2 ; prolonged visit 

 to Saunders, 2-4 ; became 

 apprenticed to John Day at 

 Michel Grove, 4, 5 ; light- 

 weight jockey, 4, 7 j winners 

 ridden by, 8, 9 ; mount in 

 Derby, 9, 40 j decide not to 

 be a jockey, 10, 17 ; rode 

 Virago in trials, 10 j dis- 

 appointment over Virago, 16, 

 17 j opinion of Virago, 20; 



