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this, yer see. It didna coom duown to t' 

 trainin' last year, and a's forgot it ! ' 



A week's steady work, however, used to do 

 wonders, not only for Farrier Davis, but for the 

 whole regiment, and on this occasion the Rad- 

 brook troop again won the prize as the smartest 

 troop. They had particularly distinguished 

 themselves in pursuing practice, and all they 

 now wanted was for ' t' squoire ' to win the 

 ' Grand Natural,' as some of them called it. 

 Many of them who had never dreamt before of 

 such a thing asbetting, had dipped deep into the 

 stocking, and meant to put the money down in 

 earnest on the morrow. Certain it was that, if 

 Independent did not win, it would bother some 

 of the Eadbrook tenants to find the where- 

 withal at the ensuing rent-day, which was now 

 drawing very near. 



Reginald Miller had tried Independent with 

 a really good horse that had just won a big 

 race, and he felt very sanguine indeed of success. 

 Several horses came with great reputations, as, 

 indeed, from the conditions of the race was but 



