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footed Doctor, who was destined to make a name for 

 himself later on. 



Hall Court, by the way. must have been very 

 partial to the game, for after rising- riderless from his 

 tall in the first round, he completed the course with 

 the others, and what is more, was the first to pass 

 the post, a victory which, unfortunately for his 

 owner, did not count. So many years had passed 

 since he had figured at Aintree. that race-goers 

 mio-ht well be excused lor not recoo-nisin^" in the 

 grey-whiskered veteran who appeared on the course 

 mounted on Salamander, Mr. Alec Goodman, who 

 had steered Miss Mowbray to victory fourteen years 

 before, and one of the hardest and best riders 

 both to hounds and between the flags who ever got 

 into a saddle. As for Salamander, except that he 

 was a !.>"Ood lookino- horse, no one knew anvthinof 

 about him, and apparently cared less. 



It was said at the time that Mr. Goodman had 

 never seen the horse, let alone been on his back, 

 until they met on the course, and that in consequence 

 his own modest investment on his mount was a 

 solitary '" tenner," 



Whether or no this really was the case we are not 

 in a position to say, but this we can vouch for, that 

 when ^Ir. Goodman pulled up (opposite the stands, 



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