THE SALE OF GALTEE MORE 57 



that, just before driving away, General Arapoff 



tore down a picture of Galtee IMore 

 General ^ 



Arapoff's from one of my rooms and carried it 

 off as if it were " loot." Of course I 

 took this all in good part, and the General, later 

 on, sent me back the picture. 



It was agreed that Galtee More was to run for 



the Ascot Cup in the name of the Czar of Russia 



The Ascot if all went well with him, and in this 



"No win— connection a letter, completing the 



no run ! " negotiations, contained the following 



passage : 



" I may say without hesitation, that if he shall 

 run for the Ascot Cup in the name of the Grand 

 Duke, or some other illustrious Russian personage, 

 his victory (which is already assured) would do more 

 than all the efforts of diplomacy to promote 

 between the two nations that good fellowship 

 which ought never to have been interrupted. 

 Such a victory would be hailed with enthusiasm 

 here (in England), reviving as it would the august 

 traditions connected with this particular race, 

 making it once more, in very truth, The Em- 

 peror's Cup." 



Of course it is well known that before the Crimean 

 War the Ascot Cup was styled the Emperor's 

 Cup, and was given by the Czar ; but as regards 



