178 SAM DARLING'S REMINISCENCES 



with Lord Rosebery. I don't think I ever saw a 

 better collection of paintings of all the old classic 

 winners than there is in his lordship's possession 

 at The Durdans. Lord Rosebery pointed out a 

 painting he had of my grandfather on Rockingham, 

 the winner of the St. Leger in 1833. He also has 

 a plate of every winning horse owned by him sent 

 to The Durdans, and they are all fixed in the riding- 

 school, which I need not mention makes a very 

 fine show. Lord Rosebery has the happy knack 

 of mating his mares right. There were many 

 things of interest at the Durdans ; amongst them 

 a stone erected in the grounds in commemoration 

 of the famous horse Amato. I believe a similar 

 stone will be erected to the memory of Ladas. 



When Lord Dalmeny asked me if I had any 

 horses I could sell him some few years ago, I 

 Lord "toW him I had, and sold him five, which 

 Dalmeny ^jj proved good winners, viz. Ramrod, 

 Caravel, Deal, Ritchie, and Crepuscule. Ram- 

 rod (by Carbine out of Esk) won the Newbury 

 Cup, 1906. Ramrod was only beaten two heads for 

 the Two Thousand Guineas. I gave 300 guineas for 

 him at the Doncaster sales, after seeing him get 

 loose in the paddock. His style of going caused me 

 to buy him, and I sold him as a three-year-old to 

 Lord Dalmeny for £1000. He is now a successful 

 staUion in France. After all these horses had won 



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