A GREAT MATCH 



The two horses were at even betting almost from 

 the day when it was announced that the match 

 had been made, and when they went to the post 

 there was not a shade of odds on the one side or 

 the other. The match was the third event on the 

 card. At the fall of the flag Nat on Voltigeur 

 made the running at the top of his speed, and was 

 soon three lengths ahead of his rival, the pace 

 being very fast, having regard to the state of the 

 ground. No change took place until they rounded 

 the last turn, when Marlow called on the Flying 

 Dutchman to go up to his antagonist with a request 

 very pointedly urged. As the two horses passed 

 the stands it was stride for stride, and it was seen 

 by the breathless spectators to be a struggle of 

 desperate effort. It proved too much for the 

 younger horse, and he tired first, the Dutchman 

 with his relentless reach passing the post first by 

 a short length. Marlow appeared to be nervous 

 before the start, but throughout he rode a confident 

 and well-judged race. He was a jockey with good 

 hands, very patient, and a most resolute finisher. 



The next day Lord Eglinton announced that 

 the Flying Dutchman would forthwith be with- 

 drawn from the Turf, having lost only one of the 

 sixteen races in which he had been engaged. 



And for Yorkshire, too, it was all over. The 

 Richmond men had their long journey home before 

 them. It was no more the rollicking roystering 

 crowd that had shouted over the successes of their 

 favourite at Doncaster, and who in their hearts 

 had believed that he would never know defeat. 

 As they plodded along they had to relate the story 

 of their disappointment in the sanded kitchen 



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