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in anything to do with charity ! My interview with 

 Sir Thomas Dewar at Dewar's Wharf was interesting. 

 " I haven't got a horse, Luckman ; you go and buy one 

 somewhere, and put it in the sale afterwards from me." 

 I asked how much I should pay. " Oh, you ought to 

 get something for twenty or twenty-five pounds," 

 and he was going to write a cheque, when he suddenly 

 remembered that he had an unbroken three-year-old 

 down at his brother's place in Norfolk which he had 

 forgotten all about ! " Fancy you or I forgetting about 

 a horse, especially a thoroughbred of good pedigree," 

 he said. Eventually the three-year-old arrived, and 

 he was a very natty little fellow, by Prince Hampton, 

 who went under the standard and was bought at the 

 sale and sent to West Africa, I believe ; at all events 

 I heard of him winning pony races out there. It was 

 Lord Derby who very kindly gave me the idea of 

 getting the gift of nominations to stallions. He asked 

 me to go to the War Office to see him ; he was then a 

 Cabinet Minister. He said he didn't know of any 

 horse he had, but he would give me a nomination to 

 Melanion. This was before he succeeded to the title, 

 then being Lord Stanley. 



The sale was interesting enough, as it brought me 

 into touch with many who had known me by sight 

 before. Mr Joseph Davies of Hurst Park very 

 courteously gave permission for the sale to be at 

 Hurst Park, and the late Mr Stevens sold without 

 commission. By the way, I wonder how many know 

 that it was the present King gave the sobriquet of 

 " The Walrus " to Mr Stevens. I am sure Mr Stevens 

 would not be offended at this, for I have heard the King, 

 when Prince of Wales, saying when a horse was going 

 to be sold : " Let us see how much the Walrus will get 

 for this one." 



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