The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
ORME'S CAREER REVIEWED.

In reviewing the career of the Duke
81 Westminster's orne, which died On
September ], at Eaton stud, the Field
gives some interesting details Of the
racing and stud activities Of the son
OF Ormonde-Angelica. The Field says:
"Orme. whose death took plar" at
the Eaton Hail stud last week, was not
only IA great race horse but one ~
the mos; sensational horses Of modern
times. for he was unable To go To the
post for the Derby Of his year, owing
as WAS generally understood at the
time. to his having been poisoned.
Whether Orme was "A victim Of foul
play or whether his ailment was due
to natural causes has never been con.
clusively decided
NO matter what the cause nigh,
really nave been. Orme was unabl,
to run in the Derby. for which Sir
Hugo and La F1eche finished first and
second, Later IN the year he turned
the tables on Sir Hugo in the Lime
kiln Stakes at Newmarket. while a.
a four-year-old he beat La Fleche IN
the Eclipse Stakes and again in III.
Gordon Stakes at Goodwood. and in
the latter race ha actually gave the
famous mare : pounds. And sensa-
ton with regard TO Drne did not end
with the supposed poisoning canard, for
he started AN odds-ou chance for the
ST. .Leger. and failed to run into .
place, his defeat being almost certainly
due to the fact that he was driven
from pillar tn post. with the result that
he was pumped out "A quarter of a
mile from home. Naturally enough,
was said after the race hat he failed for
want of stamina, but We have never
taken this view of the case. and John
Porter. who trained the horse and also
La Fleche and Watercress, the winner
and the third in the race. has always
been Of opinion that stamina was
Orme's strongest point. Indeed. ho was
n long way in front Of Watcrcrcss in
home gallops.
Blu as a four-year-old he was
rather difficult to train. and the upshot
was that he did no, take par; in cup
races. Orme won five races out of six
as a tw~o-ycar-old, these including tn"
Middle Park and Dewhurst plates. A.
"A three-year-old he won six Of tn,
eight races in which he took part, his
victories including the Eclipse stakes,
and his defeats occurring IN the s.
I.eger and a Newmarket race. in which
he attempted 10 give IL pounds To =,
good horse named FL Diablo As "a
four-year-old he won the Eclipse Stakes
for the second time and two other good
races. II was once beaten when noth
: ing like wound VI.
"In stakes he won t35,5"s. and at
the stud ne sired wiunerS of fl22,6is.
/ bu, was not altogether the success he
| promised to he at the commencement
OF his career, He began by sir'ng .
great horse In Flying Fox and In the
same year h" was responsible for a
smart performer in Frontier. Early In
his career. too, he was the sir or good
winners in Harrow, Namosc, Orchid,
! Duke OF Westminster, Flying Lemur,
Altnabreac and others. but he fell off,
though eight years after his first Derby
winner. Flying Fox, he sired a second
in Orby, who looks like carrying or
the line in This country as Flying Fox
| has done in France. This Inequality
Of Orme's stud career * most difficult
to understand. for II suggests IA veal
SPOT somewhere, and il IL possible tina
at times after effects OF the Illness
from which the horse suffered when
2 wears old asserted themselves. A.
regards breeding Orm. was in the very
highest class. for he was by Ormonde
out of Angelica, 10y Galopin, her dam
81. Angela. by King Tom. st. Angela
also bred 81. Inlon to Galop!n. 50
that Angelica was a full sister to the
great Welbcck horse, and better breed
| ing than this could hardly be found."