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dollars, in addition to the five hundred dollars 

 for which the match was originally made. Ray 

 Danby too had several wagers, so that the match 

 bid fair to be the most sporting event that had 

 taken place in Washington for many a day. 

 Ray Danby sent off a telegram first thing next 

 morning, telling Jim Russell to come down with 

 the horse. 



Miss Lancelot and her mother called on 

 Mrs. Danby at the Shoreham Hotel in the after- 

 noon, and were delighted to find that it was the 

 intention of the whole party to go to the dance 

 that night. Reginald Miller took the precau- 

 tion of having a Turkish bath, and, weighing, 

 he found that he could ride twelve stone in his 

 own seven-pound saddle, so he sent Russell a 

 wire to bring that down with him on the follow- 

 ing day. 



' I hope you will enjoy your dance to-night,' 

 said he, as they sat down to dinner at their hotel. 



' Are you not coming ? ' said Mrs. Danby. 

 ' I am sure the Lancelots will be awfully disap- 

 pointed if you don't.' 



