WE BEAT THE FAVOURITE 



A lean head and fiery, strong quarters and 

 wiry, 

 A loin rather light, but a shoulder superb. 



Some parting injunction, bestow'd with great 

 unction, 

 I tried to recall, but forgot like a dunce, 

 When Reginald Murray, full tilt on White 

 Surrey, 

 Came down in a hurry to start us at once. 



" Keep back in the yellow ! Come up on 

 Othello ! 

 Hold hard on the chestnut ! Turn round 

 on The Drag ! 

 Keep back there on Spartan ! Back you, sir, 

 in tartan ! 

 So, steady there, easy," and down went the 

 flag. 



We started, and Kerr made strong running 



on Mermaid, 



Through furrows that led to the first 



stake-and-bound, 

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