58 SAM DAELINGS REMINISCENCES 



the good wishes in the above quoted passage, 

 General Arapoi!, who left Galtee More with me 

 to train for the Ascot Cup, according to my dis- 

 cretion, observed on parting : 



" Remember ! No win — no run ! " 



Of course, under such conditions, I could not risk 

 the horse's doubtful leg, and was thanked after- 

 wards for having delivered him sound. 



The occasion of the agreement to purchase for 

 20,000 guineas was celebrated by Mr. Gubbins 



A dinner entertaining the Russian commissioners 

 Mr Gubbins ^^ dinner at Prince's Restaurant, on the 



reluctant evening of May 13, 1898; and when 

 the Russians had gone, as I am informed, to the 

 Empire, Mr. Gubbins, as Irishmen are apt to do, 

 turned " contrary," and vowed he would not sell 

 the horse at all. However, he was pursued to his 

 rooms, and a form of receipt for the money was 

 left for him to sign. Next morning he had gone 

 off to Ireland, leaving the receipt signed, though it 

 was not until after 4 p.m. next day that the money, 

 £22,500 in all, was paid over to the Horse Agency, 

 in the presence of a Notary-Public. This amount 

 included the insurance premium and transport of 

 Galtee More to Russia. 



Departure of I^ ^^^ '^^^J quickly decided that Gal- 



Gaitee More ^j,j, MoRE could not be trained for the 



Ascot Cup, and on June 11, 1898, he left from 



