TOD SLOAN 



to the Savoy Hotel. I knew absolutely no one, not 

 even Mr Keene's trainer, Jake Pincus, who although 

 American had by long residence been turned into a 

 regular Britisher. Pincus of course was the man 

 who trained Iroquois, the only American horse who 

 ever won an English Derby. He was at one time a 

 rider himself. 



How well I remember roaming round that hotel ! 

 It all seemed so cheerless and I was so homesick that 

 I nearly cried. I felt better when I went and had 

 dinner at the old Simpson's Restaurant. It was the 

 food I think which made me feel a bit as if I was having 

 a home meal. In those days, especially when I was 

 working, I could have eaten a horse I had such an 

 appetite, and I didn't put on extra weight through it, 

 either. When the time came for going to bed every- 

 thing was so lonesome that I nearly found myself 

 looking at steamship time-tables. 



However I had found out where Newmarket was 

 and how to get there and went there two days after 

 my arrival. On arrival the first thing I did was to go 

 straight to see Mr Pincus who lived in some rooms 

 over a public-house kept by Martin. He had heard 

 of my coming, but at the same time I can't say that 

 he was inclined to take any particular interest in me ; 

 in fact the name " Tod Sloan " spelt nothing to him. 

 We talked a bit and I found he had become more 

 English than American. They were going to gallop 

 St Cloud II. the next morning, he told me, and added 

 that I had better be out on the heath to meet the 

 horses. I told him that I thought it would be better 

 if I walked the horse out myself so as to warm him up 

 myself. 



He took a good look at me and answered : " You 

 aren't used to Newmarket. There will be a lot of other 



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