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ridden by Mr. Short ; Bowman, steered by Dignum ; 

 Marquis, piloted by Mr. Hartwell, and one or two others 

 put in an appearance. Unfortunately for Digrmm, there 

 was a hurdle at one part of the course, which Bowman 

 would not jump. Daybreak came down, and gave so 

 much time to the slow but clever Marquis, that Mr. 

 Short's horse did not catch him till within three-quarters 

 of a mile from home. The race was naturally a mere 

 procession, for the speedy Daybreak raced over the 

 remaining fences, all but one, with the country-bred far 

 behind him. As I had backed Mr. Short's mount, and 

 had seen him miss out one of the obstacles, I rode up to 

 him, as he was coming home into the straight, and told 

 him of his mistake, and that he must go back. Strange 

 to say, Mr. Hartwell, from watching his leader instead of 

 taking his own line, had also missed out that particular 

 fence. Mr. Short, in the hurry of the moment, after he 

 had returned and jumped the left-out bank, quite forgot 

 to come straight home, for he had already gone over the 

 other fences, and took Daybreak over them again, while 

 Mr. Hartwell, still following Mr. Short, lost the race for 

 the second time by committing the very same error as 

 his opponent had done. 



Three or four days after this, the Lucknow Spring 



