TOD SLOAN 



smiling. I couldn't see anything to smile at myself 

 and I must have shown it, for I know that I felt all 

 the other way ! Well, the Prince came up to me and 

 said : " Well such things do happen and it cannot be 

 helped ; I will start Nunsuch again in the Old Cam- 

 bridgeshire the day after to-morrow and you shall ride 

 her again." 



I won with her then, beating practically the same 

 field that she had met before. After this race the 

 Prince gave me the set of colours I had worn and 

 a diamond horse and jockey pin. That was the 

 beginning of riding a good many winners for the late 

 King Edward. 



I should like to state here that in the last season 

 in which I rode — 1900 — I had the great surprise at 

 Doncaster of Lord Marcus Beresford coming up to 

 me and telling me that the Prince wished to have first 

 call on me for the season of 1901 and that he was 

 prepared to make me the offer of six thousand guineas 

 for the claim. I accepted on the spot and looked 

 forward with the utmost pride towards keeping the 

 contract. The English Stewards, however, prevented 

 me from fulfilling it. 



Just as I had fixed up everything with Lord Marcus, 

 his brother. Lord William, had a cable from Mr 

 Whitney in America : 



" We must have Sloan, get him at any price, he is 

 far ahead of the lot and worth anything for big races 

 even with all his faults." 



Lord William showed me the cablegram and I had 

 to tell him what had happened. I could see that he 

 was a bit upset — I won't say annoyed — but he said 

 he would like to try to get me out of the agreement 

 with the Prince. He " never believed," he said, 

 " that the English people would put up with an 



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