? ? ? ? "We scratched our other one and put all hopes on your word," said the colonel. "Why, what is that? Silver Blaze favourite?"
? ? ? ? "Five to four against Silver Blaze!" roared the ring. "Five to four against Silver Blaze! Five to fifteen against Desborough! Five to four on the field!"
? ? ? ? "There are the numbers up," I cried. "They are all six there."
? ? ? ? "All six there? Then my horse is running," cried the colonel in great agitation. "But I don't see him. My colours have not passed."
? ? ? ? "Only five have passed. This must be he."
? ? ? ? As I spoke a powerful bay horse swept out from the weighing enclosure and cantered past us, bearing on its back the wellknown black and red of the colonel.
? ? ? ? "That's not my horse," cried the owner.
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