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THE LUCK OF THE TURF. At the back end of English racing, a friend of the noted trainer, Marsh, told this story of a pieqe of luck that befell him. last year; "Marsh was engaged in saddling Gorgos for the Two Thousand Guineas in 190G, and, wishing to have a bet, he said to the narrator: If you see Mills, will you ask him to put me twenty-live pounds each way on my horse? I .said: Do not leave it like that, because you will not know if you are on or not; I may not find Mills. He replied: Then will you yourself put the money on for meV I agreed, and in five minutes the money was invested with a substantial man- in the ring at starting price. I went to meet Marsh in the paddock after he had sent his horse out, to tell him the commission, was duly executed. He anticipated me by saying: Oh, I have seen Mills, and told him what I wanted done.. When he learned that his intended commission for Gorgos had through a misunderstanding been doubly executed, all he said was, Well, it cant be helped; thank you very much. The horse started at 20 to 1, and on the Monday morning his winning account was, through an accident, the richer by ,125. That is an instance of good luck."
