SOME DERBY AND CUP REMINISCEN'CES. 75 



of arsenic fell into the soup by mistake. Thinking 

 to make matters better^ I advised him to back Trieste 

 in the Oaks. He did, and she lost_, but she ought to 

 have won, which only made matters worse. 



Moral : Always keep your information to yourself, 

 and then you will be the only sufferer. 



Glenloth was a good stamp of horse, but the wet 

 day was all in his favour. He might have won under 

 any circumstances, but the heavy going assisted a 

 horse of his build. 



Robson rode him, but the victory did not do him 

 much good. Strange to say, many jockeys that win 

 the Cup meet with bad luck afterwards, some 

 through no fault of their own. 



