54 HARK FORRARD! 



CHAPTER V 



The next few days were spent in riding about 

 to look at tlie few horses that were in the neigh- 

 bourhood, and three more were added to the 

 string. 



' Here is a letter from Maddox,' said Ray 

 Danby one day when the mail arrived. ' Let 

 us see what he says about Independent. He is 

 out and out the best horse in this country, and 

 I am quite sure that if you can get him, you 

 will make the very best steeplechase horses at 

 home look to their laurels. Yes, he says he will 

 sell him for three hundred and fifty. I thought 

 he could be bought for even less than that, but 

 he is dirt cheap even at that price. He wants 

 us to go over and see him to-morrow if possible.* 



