MORVICH 



would teach them to know a good horse when 

 they saw him. There were some good horses 

 against me, Kai-Sang, Oil Man and Sir Hugh, 

 the best of the lot. Pegasus and Sunreigh also 

 were excellent. As I have said, it was my first 

 important race. And, though, I got away well 

 from the post, yet I was so much on edge, so 

 eager to win, not to make a mistake, that I 

 took things easy at first, too easy, perhaps, the 

 stands might have considered. I was slow to 

 begin. Ah, but they did not know me. With 

 the field ahead, I came up like a thunder-bolt 

 on the inside, drove through the ruck, took the 

 lead and fought out the last furlong neck-and- 

 neck with Kai-Sang, who had the great Jockey 

 Earl Sande up. Kai-Sang held on well, but I 

 stood the long drive gamely and won. 



A week later came the Saratoga Special, 

 worth $9,500, and again I won. It was a repe- 

 tition of the former race. Then, for more than 

 two weeks, there was no racing for me. I was 

 being conditioned for the great race of the meet, 



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