TRICKERY IN FOREIGN DEALINGS 139 



and never knew him so friendly. The Kirkconnel 

 matter was never even mentioned. 



For many years Count Lehndorff was entirely pre- 

 dominant over horse-breeding in Germany, and he also 

 controlled the Graditz racing stable, never hesitating 

 to employ Englishmen in the highest positions there. 

 Thus Richard Waugh was for a long time the trainer, 

 and in succession to him Reg. Day and Fred Darling. 

 The Count was a fine figure of a man if ever there was 

 one, and I think it due to him that his portrait should 

 be reproduced here. 



The buying of blood stock for foreign countries has 

 been to my certain knowledge associated with much 

 illegitimate profit. There is no reason why a man 

 should not buy a horse and sell it again at a profit, or 

 why he should not secure an option on the horse for a 

 certain period and turn that over at a profit, but it is a 

 very different matter if he avails himself of a position as 

 a trusted agent to make profits beyond the recognised 

 commission. 



I have had experience of very remarkable instances 

 of such illegitimate dealing. For example, I was asked 

 some twenty years ago to find a St Simon horse for 

 the Austria- Hungarian Government, and at that time 

 Mr Houldsworth was willing to sell Dunure for 3000 

 guineas. I wrote and offered them Dunure for that 

 sum, and a reply came through Count Palffy, who was 

 then in England, that Dunure was not of sufficiently 

 good class, which seemed to be a reasonable answer. 

 A week later, however, it was announced that Mr C. 

 Winteringham had bought Dunure for 3000 guineas 

 from Mr Houldsworth, and, a few days later, that 

 Dunure had been purchased by the Austria- Hungarian 



