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at all. Have you seen to-day's Standard, 

 sir ? ' 



' No, I haven't, but I expect it is much the 

 same as the Telegraph as to what it says.' 



' Listen to this, sir,' said Bowman, produc- 

 ing from his pocket a copy of the Standard of 

 that day. ^ Betting at Tattersall's, midnight. 

 There was a great muster at the rooms this 

 evening, most of the leading pencillers being 

 in town, and the Leger day being so close at 

 hand the wagering was very considerable. 

 Fortitude, despite the fact that he has done as 

 well as his admirers could possibly wish ever 

 since he finished fourth in the Derby — in addi- 

 tion to which two of those who finished in front 

 of him have succumbed to the exigencies of 

 training, and the third evidently does not on 

 this occasion carry the unbounded confidence 

 of his owner — did not go as well in the betting 

 as he should. Somebody or somebodies evi- 

 dently think they know something, as in one 

 quarter at least backers are invariably accommo- 

 dated.' Bowman stood for some minutes buried 



