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'■ I am glad to hear that, sir, very, and I 

 quite expect to see him run a good horse, 

 though it is too much to expect him to quite 

 win.' 



' Doncaster is the course of all others that 

 I think suits this horse,' said Reginald, ' and if 

 we get beaten in the Derby, I will have a big try 

 to win the Leger.' 



' Yes, sir, that is just his course, and if he 

 improves at the same rate he did last year, he 

 will be very bad to beat at Doncaster.' 



A heavy thunderstorm on the Tuesday 

 night just laid the dust to perfection, and made 

 the road really in good order for the drive, and 

 Reginald, who was a member of the Coaching 

 Club, drove Mrs. Lancelot, Lin a, Acton, and 

 some other friends down to the Derby. There 

 were fifteen runners for the big race, and 

 Davenport was favourite, though Fortitude, de- 

 spite his having been stopped in his work, 

 looked so well and moved so beautifully in his 

 canter, that the best price to be got at the fall 

 of the flag was six to one. Bowman, who rode 



