172 MEMORIES OF MEN AND HORSES 



has several times headed the list of winning stallions, 

 but I think he has never really done so well as was 

 expected. The Panther, at the same stud, has already 

 given more brilliant promise. 



It would be idle I think for me to attempt to mention 

 the many other good friends I have met in the 

 Argentine. To arrive there at all in these days 

 involves much formality. You require not only a 

 passport, but also police magistrate certificates that 

 you are neither a criminal nor a lunatic. Furthermore, 

 you need a medical certificate that you have been 

 vaccinated within the last seven years otherwise the 

 ship's doctor has to vaccinate you before you land. 

 This is a splendid plan of campaign, against the anti- 

 vaccinators, who are simply debarred from the country, 

 and a good thing too, no such plea as conscientious 

 objection being for one moment entertained. 



Among trainers in the Argentine none is better 

 remembered than Brett, who was a sterling good 

 sort, though he got into trouble in England, through 

 no fault of his own as I believe. He came out at 

 a time when there were not reciprocal arrangements 

 between the jockey clubs on such questions, and to the 

 end of his life he held a respected position in Buenos 

 Aires, but the tales he used to pitch to the people 

 out there about racing in England were marvellous 

 indeed, and they took them all in so readily that when 

 I met him he even told me some of his fairy stories, 

 forgetting that I knew the facts. However, I never 

 disturbed his happy belief in his fancies. 



The trainer whom I really know best out there at 

 the present time is Torterolo, who trains for Senor 

 Unzue. He is well known also at Newmarket, where 



