116 SAM DARLING'S REMINISCENCES 



We stayed there for the next two days, as there 

 was much to be seen, including a race meeting 

 on Thursday, in which a great event is a stake 

 to be run for by gamooses — the native cattle. I 

 had been asked to act in some official capacity 

 at the meeting ; and before we left Cairo Mr. 

 Gubbins was asked by the Committee of the 

 Khedival Sporting Club to judge horses at their 

 show, but the date did not fit in with our 

 arrangements. 



