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tion. At tlie Eed House two only were in it — 

 Fortitude and Decimal — and at the distance 

 Decimal really looked like beating his quondam 

 stable companion, at whom Bowman was nig- 

 gling a bit ; fifty yards farther on he sat down 

 to ride in earnest. The very first crack of the 

 whip had its effect on both horses, Fortitude 

 answering like the game un that he was, and 

 Decimal beginning to stick his toes in and refus- 

 ing to try a yard for the rest of the journey. 

 Fortitude won very comfortably indeed, a rank 

 outsider getting up in the last stride and 

 wresting second place from Decimal by the 

 shortest head. The win was immensely popular 

 with the public, who had backed the horse 

 steadily since the breakdown of Tudor in the 

 Grand Prix, in addition to which it had leaked 

 out that there had been a serious split in the 

 camp within a very few hours of the race. 

 Keginald Miller won a very large stake ; 

 Bowman added another to his already long list 

 of victories, and was, it is needless to say, amply 

 remunerated. 



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