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FAMOUS RACER AND SIRE DIES. The Duke if Westminsters famous horse. Orme, died at the Eaton Stud. England. Friday. Hep-temlier 17. at the age of twenty six years Orme was .ne of four exceedingly good two-year-olds hat were in training at Kings, lere iu 1891. the Others being I." Fle.be. Goldfinch and Windgall. He won tie mm as ■ two »ear-" ld. and was beaten once. HiK sue. esses were gained ill the Richmond. 1 /luce of Wales aud Home bred F-.al Stakes, and t.ie Dewhurst and Middle Park Plates. Unfortunately, his three vear-old career was marred by the act of a miscreant, woo solsoneC tbe borse wbile be , was being trained for the Two Thousand Guineas, ami t was July before Orme was restored to full Health again. Ho marked his recovery bv winning tin- l-.clipse Stakes at Sandown Park. Other successes followed, and in the St. Leger be was un paced behind his stable companion. La Fleche. I here can be no doubt his form was all wrong. As a four year old. Orme again won the Eclipse Stakes, anil altogether he won 05,030. Orme retired to the stud in 1884. and was not S5F-H ,",aki iK Iis mark. He was the sire of the triple Crown hero Flving Fox. of the Derby winner orby. and the One Thousand Guineas winner V, itch Klin. Others of his get mav be brieflv mentioned in Vamose. Harrow. Ameer. The Raft. Orchid and Duke of Westminster. It will lie recol leeted that Flying Kox was sold at public auction to M. Ldinoml Blanc for .0O0 after baviug himself won ! o,4 Ki in his racing career.
