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others fetched good prices, \\hile Lurh'ne fell to my bid 

 of Rs. 30. As I had entered her to be sold for Rs. 300 

 she carried a very light weight, so I put up Jafifir. The 

 race was never in doubt, for Lurline and Cynic had it 

 all to themselves, the former winning in a canter. 

 When she was brought into the ring to be put up to 

 auction, every one rushed to see the flying mare whom 

 they had once held so cheaply. The condition of the 

 sale was, that the owner of the second horse was to 

 get all the surplus over selling price, so when the eager 

 bidders had run her up to about double the amount for 

 which she had been entered, it dawned on them that 

 Dr. Deane, the owner of Cynic, whom I had helped to 

 train, did not wish me to lose my mare, so gave up the 

 bidding as a bad job, and she returned to my stable. 



Mr. Elphick, I had almost forgotten to say, turned 

 up on the racecourse a short time before the event was 

 run, and seemed much annoyed at our having had a 

 trial with his horse, Pretender, as his syce had told him 

 all about it, and what a wonder Lurline was ; but after 

 the race he offered to "make friends" if I would sell 

 him Lurline for Rs. 600. I agreed to this, as I did not 

 want to be on bad terms with any one, and, besides 

 that, I did not care to keep such a thoroughl}- exposed 



