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up on the inside ; and, of course, I was obliged 

 to check that nefarious enterprise. A jockey 

 must not try to come up on the inside unless 

 he is sure of getting there. That objection was 

 promptly overruled, my strenuous efforts thus 

 not being stultified. It was delightful. Calm 

 restored, money paid — the finest restorative in 

 these and similar cases — wine consumed to 

 celebrate the event, and so forth, we naturally 

 felt more cheerful. Then that gentleman jockey 

 — one of the best who had ridden the second 

 best — shook hands with me affectionately, and 

 said : " It's all right, Arthur, my boy ; if I had 

 been in your place I should have done worse 

 than you did." Was that a compliment for 

 me, or a sort of feu de joie at my expense ? 



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