HARK FORRARD! jy 



On the following day Independent arrived 

 sound and well, and on Saturday morning 

 Reginald rode him a two-mile gallop over the 

 hurdles. The horse behaved as well as his most 

 sanguine admirers could wish, and both Acton 

 and Ray Danby were delighted with him. 



' I hear that Foxy Sharpe means to make 

 all the running and cut you down,' said Ray, 

 as they sat at breakfast at the Shoreham. 

 ' My opinion is that he will cut himself down 

 instead, as I am quite sure that this horse 

 stays.' 



' Well, of coiirse we really cannot tell with- 

 out having something alongside him,' said 

 Reginald. ' But he feels like staying, and he 

 was catching hold all the way, especially at 

 the finish.' 



' I had the watch on you,' said Ray Danby, 

 'and you did the two miles in four minutes 

 twelve seconds — a fair nice exercise gallop. 

 If you can do it in four minutes and four 

 seconds with the weight up on Monday, it will 

 be a good performance.' 



