174 SAM DARLING'S REMINISCENCES 



Burgundy won the Queen's Prize at Kempton, 



the first race I won for the late Duke of Devonshire. 



„^ , , After that I sent him on to Newmarket 



The late 



Duke of from Kempton, for a £1000 race, one 



and a half miles across the flat. In 



transit he hurt his hind leg in the box, and I went 



down to see the Duke at Beaufort House. When 



I broke the news to him he turned round and said : 



" It's a bad job, but we had a good time at 

 Kempton ; it can't be helped." 



That's what I call the true spirit of a sportsman. 

 I fear the good old type of sportsman is fast dying 

 out. 



I won the Newmarket Stakes for the Duke with 

 Acclaim (1907), the Ascot High Weight Plate, 

 Column Produce Stakes, Newmarket, and Triennial 

 Stakes, Ascot. Cheshire Cat won several races ; 

 Fugleman won the Jubilee Newbury Cup. Amongst 

 other winners for the Duke were, Blackspot, 

 FuLLCRY, Sylphide, Javelin, Cyrene, Devil 

 Dodge, Preferment (Newbury Cup, 1912), and 

 ^ , ,, , Taslett, a good winner, and beaten 



Taslettand ' ° 



the a head by Jest for the Thousand 

 Guineas. I objected to Jest for 

 bumping, but after considerable investigation the 

 stewards decided in favour of the winner. 



Later in the season, November, at Derby, 

 Draughtsman, a horse I sold to Mr. Buchanan, 



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