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were present, the conversation turned on ponies. The 

 Gordon Highlander was anxious to match Crazy Jane, 

 whose galloping fame, he thought, had not reached so 

 far south. After an innocent question or two from the 

 owner of Seagull as to the capabilities of the mare, 

 and an equally innocent reply or two as to her not 

 being of much account, Mr. Beadon expressed his 

 general unbelief in Jullundur and her ponies, and 

 said that he wouldn't mind backing a certain chest- 

 nut " tat," which was standing under a tree, tied up 

 by a piece of frayed rope, against the reputed flyer. 

 After a careful inspection of the chestnut, who stood with 

 drooping head and humble demeanour under that shady 

 tree, Captain Papillon, inwardly chuckling at the dispar- 

 agement which had been heaped on his Crazy Jane, 

 closed with the match, and got on as much as he could 

 afford to " plank down." That mean-looking thirteen- 

 hand"tat" was the mighty Orion, who with a feather 

 weight up could do half a mile in fifty-five seconds. 

 Needless to say the Gordon Highlanders suffered an easy 

 defeat. 



Captain Papillon was also unfortunate in a match he 

 made with Crazy Jane against that sweet pony Minuet, 

 which was the property of Dr. Tippetts of the 5th 



