SAINFOIN AND COMMON 327 



Porter, I send you a cheque for a thousand, and thank 

 you also very much for all your trouble, not to mention 

 skill, you showed in giving such good advice as to not 

 training him as a two-year-old. Also for the splendid 

 condition you brought him to the three posts. I think 

 you won the races for us, not the horse. You are by 

 far the best trainer in England. — Your friend, 



Alington. 



P.S. — I am engaged to be married. 



This handsome acknowledgment of my ser- 

 vices was some consolation for the disappointment 

 I felt when I found I must abandon the hope 

 I had entertained of training Common to do big 

 things as a four-year-old. 



