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distance that ' Thunder ' had won the City and 

 Suburban over. Archer said : "I suppose you will 

 be waiting and messing me about as usual, but I 

 have some different goods to-morrow." I really 

 thought the same myself. There were only these two 

 runners, and a great deal of excitement was caused, 

 as they were both champions over their courses, 

 although a mile was quite as far as ' Lowlander ' 

 liked to travel. We started at the bottom of the 

 straight. Going past the stand the first time, there 

 is rather a sharp angle just beyond the winning-post, 

 and Archer, who was making running, slipped his 

 horse along as hard as he could for about two 

 hundred yards. I had only to wait my time ; I 

 wasn't going after him there, especially as ' Low- 

 lander' was a big horse — over 16.2 — and with very 

 sharp turns it would not do to bustle him. vStill, 

 ' Lowlander ' was kept going at the same pace without 

 bustling or getting him cross-legged, which Archer 

 found had been the case with ' Thunder.' He 

 steadied his horse back to me, but presently he went 

 off with another rush, yet came back again. As we 

 neared the river Dee side of the course. Archer was 

 rather perplexed to know what to do, as I had 

 placed my horse right behind him, so that he could 

 not really see how I was getting on. Mine was not 



