igS THE MERRY GEE-GEE 



" Tm not backing him to-day, as he Is 

 hardly to my liking, but I am anxious to 

 win the Prince of Wales' Nursery next 

 month. He's bound to win that if he runs 

 badly to-day, and gets in at a decent 

 weight, so don't knock him about, it's a 

 pity in his condition, and then you can ride 

 him again in the Prince of Wales' Nursery, 

 when we mean to have a real gamble." 



To further illustrate. Your horse lacks 

 the dash for a five-furlong race, but is 

 useful at a mile, and more than useful at 

 a mile and a half, so you persistently 

 run him out of his course in five-furlong 

 events in which he makes no show, till 

 eventually you enter him in a mile-and- 

 a-half race, getting bottom weight, and 

 you have a dash, as you've got a stone 

 in hand ; but, woe betide you ! there's 

 another gee trained in the North, with 

 two stone up his sleeve, been playing the 



