SIXTY YEARS ON THE TURF 



my list. This I told Mr. Barnard about an hour 

 before the race. " Good heavens ! " he exclaimed, 

 " she's fit and she must run. That was a condition 

 of the sale." 



" Then you'll have to back her back. It seems to 

 me we have made a nice mess of affairs." 



In a little while I went to Mr. Barnard again. 

 " Who have you put in to do the business ? " 



" Mr. Sam Merry." 



"Well, I've seen him take 2000 to 1000 off 

 Davies." .^• 



" That's all right. Half is for us." 



Tobolski won by a short head, Wells riding a 

 splendid race. But as we had to pay 700 out, and 

 came within a shade of losing 500, I did not think a 

 deal of owning horses. 



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