NO WIN, NO RUN ! 119 



admonition that it must be signed and he would call 

 for it in the morning. The morning's reflection had 

 brought the old gentleman to a better frame of mind, 

 and when Vigors called in the morning he found the 

 receipt signed all right, and that is how the Galtee 

 More sale just scraped through. The horse was to 

 remain in training with a view to the Ascot Cup, but 

 General Arapoff left it to me to decide whether he 

 should run or not. His instructions were very simple 

 Remember, no win, no run ! Of course I knew from the 

 time they bought him that Galtee More's racing career 

 was ended, but I suppose they liked to preserve the 

 possibility of his running for the Ascot or what used 

 to be The Emperor's Cup. Needless to say, he did 

 not run. 



(" The Sportsman" i$tk January 1921.) 



I have made a point of quoting the above extract, for 

 it elicited one of the latest of Sam Darling's letters, 

 written the day after The Sportsman was published. 

 Here is the letter : 



WlLLONYX, 



BECKHAMPTON, 

 MARLBOROUGH, 



WILTS. 

 1 6th January 1921. 



MY DEAR MR ALLISON, It was quite exciting to read 

 your article last night re the Russian General, etc. He 

 was a funny old boy. I seem as if I can see him now, 

 unhanging the picture of Galtee More from my smoke- 

 room wall ; also his gesticulations, while going up to 

 see the "leetle gallop," and how they all promised 

 themselves a treat in London that night. 



In expressing your views of the subject I thank you 



