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up in the end by backbiters and slanderers. Tlie 

 Americans were in bad enough odour and I was sup- 

 posed to be allied with Leigh from the moment he 

 came to Europe. It will be remembered that he 

 trained in the country in England. At that time a 

 trainer had only to have a licence when he wanted 

 to follow his calling at Newmarket. It was he and 

 one or two others who were the cause of a new rule 

 being passed by the English Jockey Club which makes 

 it compulsory for all trainers, whether at Newmarket 

 or elsewhere, to receive a Jockey Club licence. So 

 Leigh changed from England to France. While now 

 he is recognised everywhere as an individual and a 

 good trainer there was a tremendous amount of 

 " chat " in those days, and for some mysterious reason 

 whatever chance I had of getting my " ticket " was 

 all done in because of his success that afternoon. It 

 all seemed so trivial. 



When in Monte Carlo I met Mr Raphael, well known 

 on the English Turf as an owner and breeder. He won 

 the Derby in 1912 with Tagalie. He told me that he 

 wanted me to ride a horse of his in the Derby, for he 

 had no doubt at that time my licence would be given 

 back to me. Such in fact was the general opmion 

 Mr Raphael told me : " There are many m favour ot 

 giving you back what you have so long missed. 

 However I was gradually driven to the realisation that 

 there was for the present at least nothing doing. 



I began to turn my attention to motor-racmg and 

 was going to drive in the Paris-Madrid race but some- 

 how or other my car proved too heavy and my stake 

 money was sent back. I went down the road and 

 had a good look at it at various stages. It will be 

 remembered that there were a number of casualties 

 and the authorities would not let them go farther than 



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