WINNING THE GOODWOOD CUP 323 



argued, and how can he be made to stay two miles and 

 a half here ?' 



' It's the only thing he can do in this,' I replied, but 

 repeating what I had often said before. However, he 

 would not be convinced, and was the only one of the 

 Day family who did not win a good stake on the event. 



On the day of the race, just before the start, Mr. R. 

 Ten Broeck, the American sportsman, came up to me 

 and said : 



' Your horse will win, Mr. Day, if he can stay the 

 course.' 



1 It's the only thing he can do,' was my now stereo- 

 typed reply. 



' Well,' he rejoined, ' we shall see. I am going to 

 make running with Woodburn for Prioress as well as he 

 can go, all the way.' 



' Yes,' I said ; ' and so am I with Schism ; so there 

 will be no doubt about the pace.' 



Immediately after, Mr. George Payne, who had backed 

 Promised Land for a large stake, came up and said : 



1 Well, William, do you think you will win ?' 



1 Yes, sir,' I said, ' as he stays so well, and as he will 

 go as well as he can go all the way.' 



Mr. Payne laughed approvingly as he answered : 



' Well, William, you are a bold man.' 



Mr. Robinson, my partner, who came up at the 

 moment, said in his hearty way that he thought so too. 



It was one of the best run races I think I ever 

 remember to have seen. Woodburn was to have made 

 running for Prioress, but could not go fast enough, and 

 Schism did it for Promised Land; and when she was 

 tired a mile from home, he took the lead, coming up the 

 hill nearly a hundred yards first, and cantered in an easy 

 winner by six lengths, which might have been increased 



