192 SOLDIER AND SPORTSMAN 



A well-managed stable will always pay, but to 

 achieve success a very high class of intelligence 

 must be brought to bear on the management. In 

 the period from 1 895-1 91 2 the most successful 

 stable was under the management of Mr W. B. 

 Purefoy, at the Druid's Lodge ; their successes 

 were phenomenal and, as the Press had it, the 

 mantle of Captain Machell as a racinor enorineer had 

 fallen on the shoulders of Mr Purefoy. Among 

 other winners were Hacklers Pride, Lally, Un- 

 insured, Charles O'Malley, Christmas Daisy, 

 Templemore, Ypsilanti, Ulster King, Tender and 

 True, and last but not least Aboyeur, a batch of 

 good fortune seldom equalled. 



At the period when doping horses was not 

 prohibited two American trainers gained great 

 kudos. They improved the form of some horses 

 in the most astonishing manner, and no doubt many 

 English trainers also tried their hand in that direction. 

 Mr Purefoy, however, always maintained that doping 

 was more likely to do harm than good, to say 

 nothing of permanently injuring the constitution of 

 a horse. The practice was eventually condemned 

 and very properly prohibited. 



In 1 9 10 Mr A. P. Cunliffe, one of the four 

 fortunate winners in the Netheravon stable, 

 purchased three Desmond colts, and when they 

 arrived in Ireland I happened to see them let loose 



