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bad noticed Reginald's constrained manner the 

 whole time that they were talking to Miss 

 Lancelot. 



As they got back to the paddock the 

 numbers were just going up for the Hunters' 

 Flat Race, and Mr. Hewlett's Mogul was made 

 favourite. Neptune, ridden by Mr. Maddox, 

 the best horseman in Virginia (Ray Danby 

 always excepted), was second favourite, and the 

 betting foreshadowed the result, as Mogul won 

 comfortably by a length and a half, though 

 Neptune, had he been as fit as the winner, 

 would undoubtedly have beaten him ; he had, 

 however, hardly eaten a mouthful of anything 

 since his arrival in Washington four days before. 



' Where did you think Independent would 

 have been?' said Danby after the race to 

 Reginald. 



' I think he would have won easy.' 



' Do you ? So do I. Now look here ; if you 

 are game to pop it down, you can win a 

 thousand dollars like a shot. Hewlett will back 

 his horse, and so will all the fellows here. Be- 



