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never reached a better price than 12 to 1, so neither 

 he nor I hedged a penny; which we both should have 

 done had she come back to the old price, on the prin- 

 ciple that ' no bet is a good one until it is hedged.' 



The night before the race was run I had a remark- 

 able dream, worth relating because of its accurate 

 fulfilment. I dreamt One Act won, and William 

 Goater was second after a good race, and that I told 

 him after they had passed the winning-post that I 

 thought I had won. To which he hastily replied : 

 ' You know you have.' And walking up the course 

 together, he said : ' You have done me out of the 

 best stake I ever stood.' This dream I told to some 

 ten or a dozen gentlemen during breakfast the next 

 morning at the inn at which I was staying — Mr. Parker 

 himself being; amongst them. After saddling the mare, 

 I stood close by the winning-post to see the race, and 

 as soon as she passed it the third time, I thought my 

 mare had won. I said to the judge: 



' What has won, Mr. Johnstone ?' 



'White!' he replied; and then looking up, added: 

 'Oh, you, Mr. Day!" 



Strange to say, William Goater was standing by 

 my side all the time, quite unobserved by me, until, 

 turning round to go and meet the mare, I found 

 mvself face to face with him. 



And as we walked up together to meet our 

 respective horses, he said : 



' I stood more money on mine to day than I ever 



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