32 SAM DARLING'S REMINISCENCES 



the grounds of objection were that my mare was 

 not eligible to run, the condition of that race 

 stating that it was for horses that had not run in 

 an open steeplechase. I contended that False 

 Alarm had not run in an open steeplechase, but 

 she had run in an open hunter's steeplechase. 

 They had omitted the word " hunter " in their 

 conditions, but had intended to put it in. After 

 appearing before the Stewards for a short duration, 

 the race was given in my favour. 



That brings me to my important racing experi- 

 ences, which were on the flat, though whether more 

 enjoyable I can hardly say, for as we grow older 

 we cannot fairly measure such experiences. 



