168 SAM DARLING'S REMINISCENCES 



suitable jockey, with the permission of Lord 

 Charles Montagu, who was acting for the late 

 Duke, I suggested that we should offer them Higgs. 

 After the race I met one of the connections of 

 Egerton House in the paddock, who asked me why 

 I gave up Higgs to them, when I had my own horse 

 there ready to run. I said, " Well, that's the 

 way I Hke to pay off old scores." 



They thanked me for giving up Higgs, and 

 Slim Lad won. 



I won the Leger (1898) with Wildfowler. 

 Morny Cannon was engaged to ride him, but as 

 Prince Soltykoff had a retainer on Morny Cannon, 

 I waited until the last moment to see if he exercised 

 his claim, which he did. I walked into the weigh- 

 ing-room to see if Wood was riding, and said : 



** Will you ride Wildfowler for me ? " 



Jeddah was hot favourite, and Wildfowler 

 wiidiowier's ^on five or six lengths, with his head 



^^ser Qjj Jjjg chest. 



I went to Claridge's Hotel to see Mr. J. R. 



Keene about a jockey for Disguise for the Jockey 

 Moray Club Stakes. He asked me whom I 

 wtoTon «^^^^^ suggest. I said, " Morny Can- 

 Disguise non " ; and he promptly asked me, 



" What about Lester Reiff ? " I said : 



"Morny Cannon would suit Disguise better 



than Lester Reiff."' 



