108 STABLE SECKETS. 



Poddies, in the display of too much confidence, essayed an un« 

 successful attempt to win the race "in a walk." Much of the 

 money he had lost formerly, when Sunshine was sent back in 

 the betting through the "runaway dodge," was recovered, 

 although correctly assigning the cause to be "a fluke." Among, 

 however, a great number of "the talent" who held an opinion 

 that Sunshine's chance in the Cesarewitch must be " stopped by 

 the weight," was Job Sweety, and he resolved to "pepper" the 

 colt by Glitter, dam Comet, by Falling Star. The unsatisfactory 

 effect of the " peppering " need not further be alluded to, than 

 to state simply that Job Sweety lost his money, and he again 

 found himself — to use his own graphic description — " on the 

 shady side of the hedge." 



In the forthcoming handicap, the Cambridgeshire, in which 

 Sunshine once more appeared as the " top weight," " the talent" 

 arrived at a totally opposite ojoinion to that expressed on the 

 Cesarewitch, concerning his power to "pull through." A 

 unanimous opinion prevailed among " the talent " that, not- 

 withstanding his increased weight, he had run so fast to the 

 Bushes in the Cesarewitch that, in the shorter course, nothing 

 could be anticipated to live with him at the finish. So thought 

 " the talent," and the effect of the expression of the thought was 

 that the public made " a rush" to " get on " Sunshine. 



It was now, therefore, that Job Sweety determined to play 

 a certain winning game with the favourite for the Cambridge- 

 shire, holding the cards in his own hands, and trusting, this 

 time, to the skill of no one but his own. All that he could lay, 

 or get laid for him by commission, against Sunshine, had been 

 booked, and on the eve of the last great race for the season he 

 approached Sunshine's stable with a key which, if Cupid had 

 not proved false to his trust, would give him ready admit- 

 tance. 



Hist ! "What sound was that ? 



It was only the beating of his heart, which thumped more 

 loudly than its wont from craven fear. For if Job Sweety ever 



