BLOODSTOCK AND RACING 



Hambledon. He was a very fine colt, but this 

 was his first race. Somehow the pubUc had 

 heard a good account of him, and he started 

 favourite. I think the price was 3 to 1. I had 

 ;£300 on him. When the field came into sight 

 he was leading and looked like winning easily, but 

 the nearer they got to the finish the closer they 

 got to him. But he won by a head. I felt he 

 probably was not very game, and decided to sell 

 him — also another, a very useful horse I had. 

 They both made good prices, but I was well out 

 as they never won again. 



The one he won with was a year older than the 

 race was made for, so he was carrying the weight 

 of a three-year-old whereas he was a four-year-old. 

 I was in such a fright, and I wired straight away 

 to Weatherby's to say I was coming to see them 

 with regard to what had happened. I felt if anyone 

 got there before I had reported it I should probably 

 be warned off. Anyhow, after my explanation 

 they did not take it as seriously as I thought they 

 would. I think I was right when I told them I 

 would forego the stake which I could have stuck 

 to if I had liked, but I felt it would have been very 

 unfair to the man who was second. It is all 

 reported in Ruffs Guide, I believe. 



I got involved in another objection in the same 

 year. I had bought a very good mare for Captain 

 Lowenstein, called Lady Starlight, but he, for 

 some reason, did not want to keep her. So I 



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