THE LIFE OF A SFORTSMAN 



himsclt" to Ji^50. Make use of uie, if you like, as I mean 

 to lay out sonic money on Rouge — a hundred at least — to- 

 morrow. As they tell me the may-fly is gone, I suppose we 

 shall soon meet in the little village. I shall therefore only 

 add that I remain, 



' Dear Frank, truly yours, 



' Dauntley. 



' F. Raby, Essq.' 



' Honoured Sir, — 



' I writes to tell you how your fillies is, as it is my duty 

 so to do. I thinks we shall be nioh hand with Roup-e'if we 

 doesn't win the Oaks. I have tried her with a good four- 

 year-old at eight pounds, and they ran head to head. Euphro- 

 syne is well, and has good speed, but I doubt she will not 

 stay.^ I have taken the odds (12 to 1) to £50 about Rouge, 

 and I would advise you to do the same, but don't meddle with 

 the other yet. The odds will be higher against her after a bit, 

 when people sees she hasn't many friends. 



' Sir, your obedient servant, 



' W. Trueman. 



'To Francis Kaby, Esq.' 



The consequence of these letters was, one from our hero to 

 his friend Dauntley, requesting him to take the odds to a 

 hundred pounds on Rouge, but, in the classical language of 

 Mr. Trueman, not to meddle with Euphrosyne, and the com- 

 mission was executed, on the following Monday, by his 

 Lordship. 



A fortnight before the Derby our hero arrived in London, 

 and, as usual, took up his residence with his uncle, whose 

 kindness towards him was unabated. He could not, however, 

 help remarking that, although, from the length of time since 

 he had last seen him, it was, to a certain extent, to be looked 

 for, there was a wide difference in the character and deport- 

 ment of his favourite nephew, and in one or two respects not 

 exactly to be accounted for. In the first place, he was rather 

 short in his answers ; in other words, if he did not appear to 

 hold his uncle cheaply, he appeared evidently to attach but 



' Avglicc — is a jade and will die away in a strnjigle at the last. 



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