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7.5 this afternoon. He wouldn't take all that 

 trouble for nothing, so I'm going to back him ! " 



White pronounces the argument sound, and is 

 not surprised to find among the runners for the 

 Visitors' Handicap, ' No. 15, Stripes, 7.4 (carries 

 7.5).' No. 15 is Wayfarer, and though Stripes 

 had not quite got down to the weight, and the 

 horse was not one of the leading favourites, he won 

 by a short head, which would have been increased 

 to a good neck if the jockey could have got off 

 the rest. 



" When do you go down .? " says Racegoer No. i 



to Racegoer No. 2, on the Friday or Saturday before 



a Newmarket meeting, as they casually come across 



one another. There is no " You are going to 



Newmarket, of course, next week ? " or " We 



shall meet on Tuesday, I suppose ? " Naturally 



No. I and No. 2 are going, what else could they 



be doing — and it seems that they both propose to 



leave Liverpool Street by the 4.30. Somehow or 



other, quiet, unobtrusive men as they are, they 



look like racing, and a gentleman who is just 



beginning to yield to the seductions of the Turf 



thinks he would like to travel with them, in case, 



as is probable, they talk about his new hobby. 



This is just what they do talk, and the stranger 



listens with the utmost attention. 



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