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the sake of argument, however, let it be considered 

 whether leaving a certain number of kola nuts about 

 on the grass for a horse to pick up if he liked is " ad- 

 ministering dope " or not. Some horses would pick 

 them up readily enough while others would not touch 

 them. If a horse gets what he likes, therefore, and 

 that which stimulates or sustains him — is that doping 

 him ? Athletes nibble a piece of kola nut and are 

 encouraged to extra exertion. What is good for a 

 man cannot be harmful to a horse. Mind, I am only 

 putting a case for argument. Some horses like dande- 

 lions and others don't. I am not sure but that dande- 

 lions might give a result on analysis which might 

 suggest that something beyond " real grub " had been 

 given to a horse. I hope those who read this will chew 

 it all over. 



My first venture in having any connection in horses 

 with Mr Theodore Myers, Ex-Controller of New York, 

 was one day at Auteuil. It was a horse I wanted to 

 buy and found I had only about three thousand francs, 

 the price being about six thousand francs. I asked 

 Mr Myers if he had any money on him to make up the 

 sum. He told me that he would put up the other half 

 and go in partnership over him, but that the horse 

 must run in his name and colours. That was all right, 

 in fact just as it should be. It was the beginning of a 

 very pleasant association, and from first to last a good 

 number of horses passed through our hands. At one 

 time we had nearly thirty horses in the stable near 

 Brussels and Ross Adams was the resident trainer. 

 Mr Myers became very fond of the horses, indeed of 

 the whole business, and was tireless in asking questions 

 about each of them. What could they do ? Wliere 

 and when were they likely to run ? What sort of 



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