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TWO-YEAR-OLD DAYS OF 0RME One of Ormondes First Crop of Foals and a Success from His First Start. When Ormonde quitted the race course for the Eaton Stud, racing students naturally looked forward witli much interest as t6 whether his greatness would be imparted to auy of his descendants. There was the indisputable fact that lie had turned a roarer after winning the Derby, andf in some quarters doubts were expressed as to how his stock would turn out. It was soon made evident that there was no cause for alarm, for although only three winners were included among those got in his first season, one of them stood out as great. This was Orme, a son of Angelica, and his character had" been so freely circulated that when he made his debut for the Richmond Stakes at Goodwood it was a case of laying odds on him in a pretty strong field. Nor had he been overrated, for in the hands of George Barrett he did work in good style, though naturally running a little green, and won quite easily. Of course, there were the usual cries of "the best of the season," some even going" so far as to predict that he would prove himself as great as his father. Anyhow, it was evident that his trials had not been overrated, and it was evident from the beaming countenance of John Porter as he led him back to the weighing room door there was no unsaddling inclosure in those days that he was perfectly satisfied with the performance. The. colt confirmed the high opinion formed of him when he won again, two daya later, and then he was put by until the autumn, when he reappeared for the Lancashire Plate, a 10,000 race, at Manchester. Though he had to meet seniors such as Signorina, Gouveneuri Alicante and Martagon, backers freely laid odds on him. and he ought to have landed them. As it-was he did not get. away well, and met with some interference rounding the bend into the straight, and with Barrett apparently upset and bustling him to overcome the difficulties, he was beaten a half length by Signorina, which thus made some atonement for many, disappointments she had occasioned since her .brilliant two-y"ear-old career. If the certificate of ;Onne",was tarnished by this failure, he quickly rublwd out the stain, and having won the Middle Park and Dewhurst Plates and a small race on the last day of the Houghton meeting, he retired into winter quarters the champion of Ms age. The Winning Post.
