54 SAM DARLING'S REMINISCENCES 



afterwards that he had not until then reahsed what 

 a wonderful horse he was. Indeed, had not Galtee 

 More been a trifle sore from his continuous work, 

 and flinched a little coming down Bushes Hill, 

 Watts was of opinion that he would have just won, 

 for he was catching the leaders with giant strides 

 in the last furlong, and few in Tattersall's enclosure 

 knew how near he was to actually catching them 

 at the finish. The judge, however, will confirm 

 what I have stated here. 



I hoped to have trained Galtee More for Cups 

 and other engagements the following season, but 

 he was sold to the Russian Government, as I shall 

 relate in another chapter, and he had a leg which 

 I did not think would stand. 



