52 SAM DARLING'S REMINISCENCES 



dock where the horses from the town side came in. 

 I had the greatest trouble here with Galtee More, 

 for, of course, he was a stallion, and there were 

 some mares close by, which made him very excited. 

 He was breaking out and sweating a little when 

 we got into the paddock, but soon settled down. 



Since then horses have often been admitted to 



the paddock from the lower side, for many are 



stabled at Sherwood's, as well as at the Warren on 



the far side of the course, but Mr. Dorling was not 



obliging enough on that occasion, and the gate was 



bolted and barred even against the Derby favourite. 



In the race itself Galtee More got nicely away, 



running about fifth, until approaching Tattenham 



How he Corner, when he dashed to the front 



*°° without an eitort, and won very easily. 



Galtee More, after winning, was led in by Mr. 



Gubbins, and immediately after weighing in I 



followed him to the paddock. Many people in the 



crowd were securing hairs from his tail as he 



passed along. The horse went through the ordeal 



very well, but I was most anxious to get to the 



paddock as quickly as possible, as otherwise I am 



sure he would not have had a hair left. 



On the morning of the race Galtee More had 

 half a feed of corn (plain oats) early before he went 

 out ; a feed and a half when he came in ; then 

 two double handfuls damped, three hours before the 



