BECKHAMPTON TO SOUTH AFRICA 81 



"Capetown, 



" February 5. 



" 'My advice is — Don't bet on the Derby at all 

 for a long time yet. I certainly shall not do so/ 

 These are the words of wisdom communicated to 

 me yesterday by S. Darling, and may be taken as 

 his final message before his departure for home, 

 as he sails to-day by the mail boat Dunvegan Castle, 

 and should reach England in sixteen or seventeen 

 days' time. I am only sorry he has had to go so 

 soon, but it is certain that the change has done him 

 an immense lot of good, and if he lands in England 

 as fit as he is now, it will be good business to follow 

 the Beckhampton horses throughout the coming 

 season." 



It may be fairly claimed that the writer of the 

 above gave a good " tip," for we know now what 

 Ard Patrick did, and for myself — I am still 

 running. 



