My First Winners 



to that jockey : " They are gone, Joe ; they are 

 gone." Still unruffled, though he was giving 

 lengths away, our hero replied : " Gone, are 

 they? Well, I'm blessed if I don't go after 

 them." 



It was he who gave advice to a young jockey 

 accused of having done something suspicious in 

 a race close to the stands. His wise counsel was 

 this : " Don't drop your anchor in the harbour, 

 my lad; drop it out at sea." 



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