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" I can't/^ was the laconic reply ; " I've laid it all 

 off already/' 



"And Gannon's got it/' was Mr. B.'s comment. 



It was quite true. Mr. Gannon had paid the 

 backer in his own coin, and no doubt he chuckled to 

 himself on the success of the telegram. 



As a matter of fact, Arsenal did go off his feed 

 before the Melbourne Cup he won, and his clever 

 trainer had an unthankful task in getting him to the 

 post all right. 



Another good horse I saw in Harry Raynor's stable 

 was the Australian Peer. I first saw this colt in 

 Brisbane on the Eagle Farm racecourse. I knew his 

 owner, Mr. W. H. Kent, well, and he bought the 

 Peer's dam. Stockdove, with the foal at foot. 



The Australian Peer was sold to Mr. Gannon for, 

 I think, seven hundred guineas, and a contingency if 

 he won the Derby, which he afterwards did. I sent 

 the telegram from the Brisbane office, on behalf of the 

 owner, that clinched the bargain. Needless to say, I 

 watched the career of the Peer with interest. He was 

 a good colt, but a terrible high galloper, and his front 

 action was, I think, detrimental to him. He used to 

 gallop with his knees almost up to his nose. He 

 created a great surprise when he beat Trident in a 

 three-mile race at Randwick. 



Another great galloper in Raynor's stable at the 

 time of my last visit was Bungebah. He is a chestnut 



