498 JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



Dale, 4.10 ; William the Third, 

 413 ; member of Kingsclere 

 Syndicate, 437 ; Darley Dale, 



Prestonpans : victory m Liverpool 

 Cup and subsequent row, 190, 

 191 



Pretender : third in Middle Park 

 Plate, 136; winter fancy for 

 Derby, 137; won 2000 Gs., 

 138 J won Derby by a head 

 from Pero Gomez, 139; 

 " nowhere " in St. Leger won 

 by Pero Gomez, 141 ; 

 deterioration after 2000 Gs., 

 141 ; ran " Pero " to half 

 length in Doncaster Stakes, 

 142 



Price, Sir Richard Green: opinion 

 of Sainfoin, 320 



Prince of Wales (King Edward) : 

 first visit to Kingsclere, 212 ; 

 patron of the stable, 284 ; 

 " the first attribute of a good 

 sportsman," 285 ; the found- 

 ing of the Sandringham Stud, 

 286; purchase of Perdita II., 

 257 ; what she " earned," 

 289 ; H.R.H.'s visits to 

 Kingsclere, 290 j at Hampton 

 Court sale when La Fl^he 

 bought, 329 ; departure of 

 horses from Kingsclere, 351 } 

 Diamond Jubilee's Derby 

 victory, 412 



Ptolemy (Rebecca colt) : a 2-y.-o. 

 winner, 243, 244 



Punch : on poisoning of Orme, 341 



Pyrrhus the First : sale of, 42 



Rancho del Paso : Ormonde one 



season at, 281 

 Ranger, The : winner of Grand 



Prix, 49 

 Rataplan : raced by various owners, 



23 \ gallop through Hock of 



sheep, 24 ; beaten by Oulston, 



26 

 Rayner, Oscar W. : owner of 



Littleton (stallion), 436 

 Red Shoes (by Beadsman — Miami) : 



and a selling plate claim, 84, 85 



Reed, Charles : successful bid for 

 St. Blaise, 216 ; disappointed 

 over Ormonde, 216, 279, 280 



Regret : not quite " honest " — 

 won Houghton Stakes — placed 

 in ;^ 1 0,000 races — an " exas- 

 perating beast," 376 



Reprieve : good winner owned by 

 Lord Grosvenor, 225 ; sold 

 to Sir Tatton Sykes, and dam 

 of winners, 225 ; an accident 

 at Birmingham, 225, 226 



Right-away : good horse — break- 

 down in St. Leger, 310 



Rocket : Cesare witch winner, 38, 



39 



Rock Sand : son of Sainfoin, 319 j 

 sale to Mr. Belmont, then to 

 French syndicate, and death, 

 320 ■ 



Roquefort (Grand National winner) : 

 at Kingsclere, 194 



Rosebery, Lord ; purchase, as a 

 foal, of Casuistry, dam of 

 Paradox, 227 ; sale of 

 Casuistry, 228 ; the victory 

 of Lad as in Derby, 363 



Rosicrucian (brother to The Palmer): 

 successful debut at Ascot, 90 ; 

 important trial, 102 ; won 

 Criterion, 102 ; defeat in 

 Middle Park Plate, 104-106} 

 attacked by fever 1867-8, 1 1 1 } 

 position in Derby bettine, 112; 

 third favourite for 2000 Gs., 

 112 ; unplaced in ditto, 113 ; 

 won Derby trial, 115; and 

 the consequences, 118; my 

 high opinion of the colt, 116, 

 1 17 J recovered form as 4-y.-o., 

 129 J sold to Mr. Chaplin 

 and Lord Granville, 1 30 ; 

 stud successes, 1 30 ; daughters 

 who bred classic winners, 130 



Ross, Dr. W. G. : agent for Mr. 

 Macdonough in purchase of 

 Ormonde, 280 



Rossington : son of Lily Agnes, 247 



Rothschild, Baron ; buyer of King 

 Tom, 24 J declaration in 1868 

 Derby, 122 ; a Brighton Cup 

 wager, 134 



