22 SAM DAELING'S REMINISCENCES 



condition, and the land was very foul. In fact, 

 it was in such a state that the neighbouring farmers 

 thought I was very plucky to tackle it at all. 

 Since then, with incessant attention for fourteen 

 or fifteen years, I think I may claim to have made a 

 success of it, having won over two hundred prizes 

 with cattle, sheep (principally Hampshire Down), 

 cart-horses, swedes, mangolds, and turnips ; and my 

 carters have taken the first prizes for ploughing. 

 I can also boast of 46-lb. weight to the bushel of 

 black and grey winter oats. I think I can claim 

 to owning the largest Dutch barn in the country. 

 It is a hundred yards long, and is a great boon for 

 storing corn in such an open country as this. 

 There is also a very large barn used as a granary, 

 with a floor of pitch pine. Harvest homes and 

 political meetings are held there. I called the 

 farm " Galtee More Farm," after my first 

 Derby winner. 



Other additions in the way of farms came later ; 

 indeed, in mentioning this one I have rather over- 

 shot the mark, and I must hark back to earlier 

 days in connection with training business. So, 

 then, to start with the earliest of real consequence. 

 Mr. c. w. Mr. C. W. Lea (of Worcester Sauce 

 p !nce°of ^^^6) was a very valued patron of mine. 

 Tyre I won many races for him, but no 

 classic. I bought a yearling called Prince of 



