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judges were told that this sort of thing was 

 not to be endured. They had given a most ex- 

 cellent decision to begin with, and if they did 

 not steadfastly abide by it there would be serious 

 trouble in connection with powder and bullets. 

 Danger awaited the luckless three in either case, 

 supporters of the first and of the second horse 

 alike had six-shooters and an angry inclination to 

 shoot. What could they do ? Suddenly one of 

 the trio had another inspiration. They would call 

 it a dead heat ! Backers of both would then 

 alike get something ; so up went the " o," and 

 beneath it the two numbers side by side. 



That is the story as far as I have heard it ; how 

 it affected the ring and what the bookmakers said 

 is not recorded ; but I need not perhaps state 

 my belief that the legend is altogether a baseless 

 invention. 



A judge story which is true is that which tells 

 how the late Mr. Clark, an official who won 

 the respect and esteem of all classes of racing 

 men during his long and honourable connection 

 with the Turf, nearly caused a state of confusion 

 at Goodwood that would surely have been unpre- 

 cedented. The horses had gone to the post for 

 the Stewards' Cup. There is, as readers are doubt- 

 less aware, always a big field for this event, and 



