i82 MEMORIES OF MEN AND HORSES 



the night before the Cambridgeshire Mr Cohen sat 

 there and took ^"4000 to ^1000 about Oban as often 

 as hecould get it, and that was a considerable number 

 of times. Next afternoon, in the paddock, I was in- 

 troduced to Mrs Cohen, as having been instrumental 

 in importing the favourite, and made a feeble attempt 

 to hedge by saying that racing was more or less of a 

 lottery or words to that effect In the actual race 

 Oban never made a show ; but for some mysterious 

 reason he would not race on the flat here. He later 

 on showed really brilliant form over hurdles in France, 

 and was no doubt as good as ever he was. 



