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* How far is it ? ' said Reginald. 



' Oh ! only an houi' and a lialf from Cat- 

 letts.' 



' All right ; let us go to-morrow.' 



Suffice it to say that they not only went, 

 but that after riding the horse they bought him. 

 He was a really charming horse, 15. 3 J, nearly, 

 if not quite, thoroughbred ; in fact the only 

 doubt that existed as to his being a clean bred 

 'un was a little uncertainty as to his grand-dam's 

 pedigree, but as she won all the long-distance 

 races in the South before the War, there was 

 but little the matter with her breeding. 



' What do 3'Ou fellows say to going to 

 Washington next week ? ' said Ray Dan by the 

 following day. ' I see the Dunmore Club have 

 their race meeting at Ivy City on Thursday 

 and Saturday. Washington is a charming 

 place, and is the best-paved city in the world.' 



' I am game to go, certainly,' said Reginald. 



' And I too,' said Acton. 



' I wish Independent was entered for some 

 of the races there. He would take a lot of 



