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' Mr. Hewlett,' said Ray Danby, ' are you 

 game to make a match against Independent, 

 the horse that Mogul beat here last year ? ' 



' Certainly I am,' responded Hewlett, ' but I 

 shall be sorry for the backers of Indepen- 

 dent. As your delightful old Jorrocks says, 

 " It is a guinea 'at to a 'arf- crown gossamer " 

 on Mogul beating that horse whenever or 

 wherever they meet, either on the flat or over 

 a country.' 



' Well, but remember that Independent was 

 a long way from fit last time they met, and 

 though not cherry-ripe now, I know that he is 

 really well and full of muscle.' 



' I don't care how well he is. Mogul would 

 have won by a hundred yards to-day if we had 

 wanted to, but Foxy Sharpe knows better than 

 to do that.' 



' Very well, then,' said Ray Danby, ' I will 

 back Independent to run Mogul either on the 

 flat or over hurdles on Monday next.' 



' Has Maddox authorised you to make this 

 match ? ' ^ 



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