SIXTY YEARS ON THE TURF 



"Never mind," he remarked, "what the Colonel 

 says. I shall not get out. And to save any trouble 

 about the money, if that is what he is thinking 

 about, I will post now. Here are eleven one thousand 

 pound notes." 



Barber cut the notes in halves, retaining one set 

 himself and giving the Colonel the other. 



Such extraordinary hostility roused the fears oi 

 the Muscovite party, and led to the expulsion from 

 the stable of the person who was thought likely to 

 serve the layers. With the agent of " safety " 

 removed from the premises Muscovite soon hardened 

 in price, and at flag fall touched 3 to 1. His was 

 one of the easiest victories ever associated with the 

 Cesarewitch, perhaps the easiest, save and except 

 that of Dulcibella. 



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