TOD SLOAN 



I have spoken, was Clerk of the Scales before he came 

 to be a starter. 



Speaking again of that visit to Ascot I saw a lot of 

 my old patrons and those I had ridden for, but 

 I was diffident about going up and speaking to 

 them. Sir R. Waldie Griffith sent Bob Sherwood over 

 to tell me to come and speak to him. He asked me 

 where I had been hiding myself and why I hadn't 

 come over to him ; and I explained that I had been 

 shy about doing so. He was extremely nice and tried 

 to encourage me with hopes that I should " get back," 

 in fact he was so amiable to me — and this was backed 

 up by Sherwood — that I feel quite certain were I to 

 get my ticket again that he would put me up on some- 

 thing, even if I couldn't sit a horse. At all events he 

 would give me a try-out. Tlie kindness I met with 

 that afternoon at Ascot has been one of the gladdest 

 experiences of recent years. It seemed funny to be 

 walking about and not be looking for my horse. 



I was reminded by that trip to Ascot of the one and 

 only time my brother Cash rode in England before 

 taking up an engagement in Russia. He had come 

 over from America, it being his first trip abroad. I 

 was anxious that he should get a chance if he could 

 where I was doing so well, and he came down to Maiden- 

 head where I was staying with Mr George Edwardes 

 for the Ascot week. I mentioned my brother's name, 

 and Mr Edwardes asked how he could ride. I told 

 him that Cash had been in the first class in 1893 and 

 1894 and I had no doubt that he would do all right ; 

 at the same time I didn't know that he had been on a 

 horse for some while. As a matter of fact he plumped 

 right into England and on to that mount at Ascot 

 without getting any preliminary work at all. Mr 

 Edwardes then said he would give him a proper chance 



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