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to be too clever, and to win a head when he 

 could win a length and a half. This sort of 

 thing is not as common as it used to be ; but 

 many races have been lost that way. I have 

 reason, perhaps, to know ! You may think that 

 you have exactly measured your run, but some 

 horses, old ones particularly,- don't answer quite 

 as readily as you expect them to do ; a swerve, 

 or a stumble, or a change of leg, may make 

 all the difference, and perhaps one of the others 

 has got a bit more in him than you thought. 

 Here we seem to be at the winning-post, 

 and I really think that I am " all out." 



