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Youd better write to the police and get your discharge. Also, they had followed the horses from the track to their stables and knew every move in their routinewhen and by whom they were fed, and when they were bedded at night. Moira and Fitzroy each won sixty pounds and went into lunch bubbling with delight. This availed him little as inquirers got in over his fence or through his back yard and hammered at the door till they got some sort of an answer. The last time that I visited a trainers establishment I received from the Society for the Prevention of Human Enjoyment a circular, headed You are on the road to hell. But Captain Salter has had experience in such matters, and I have no doubt that his judgment, aided by what your husband may care to tell him, should enable the ladies to participate profitably in what is, in their case, a very harmless enjoyment. This study in scarlet ere, she went on, indicating Red Fred with the point of her parasol, he has paid his own expenses but well give im an order on the treasury so as he gets the same as the others. Things were all right for Red Fred, for the pumps had sucked dry at the Daybreak mine and production had been resumed, with the mine paying as well as ever. Hes that mean he wouldnt give a dog a drink at his mirage.. But the young lady finds her escort distrait and inattentivehe is awaiting the summons which shall call him to battle with the head of the opium gang. Where does he sit? Youve got loose-boxes there. The crowd at the back will shove those in front and theyll be forced right into the stall. Service was slow/poor, maybe because we were Asian, just seemed like other customers were served quicker and were give better service. Wise to sell him! he said. If we give the people a bad show thats somethin goin wrong aint it? Most of em are all talk and no money. Hes a horse, not a weight-lifter.. Lovely waitress served us and kept our pink prosecco nicely topped up throughout our meal. He decided there and then to go on with the business. Must close now for the present. Seeing a fine-looking old horse going to the post he turned to Jim Frazer and said: Peacemaker? Not liking either his tone or his appearancein fact not liking anything about himMoira returned to her lunch with the acid remark: Im afraid you look at life through very dirty spectacles., I see some very dirty spectacles, if thats what you mean.. As for Red Fred himself perhaps a brief picturewhat the movie people call a shortmay serve to illustrate his last appearance. We called in on an off chance of getting a table, we were seated in the large restaurant, the staff were very attentive and my steak was great, cooked exactly how I had asked for. Will definitely visit again. There are some people, of course, who detest the sport of racing. The steaks all them came out we ordered two ribeye and PAID to upgrade these.. for two friends one medium and one rare. No use wasting money. Do you remember that night we camped up on the end of the line of fence and you went down a quarter of a mile in the dark to fill two buckets at the creek? You never know.. There was not very much betting on this hurdle race, as few people like to see their money jumping in the air. Tell Auntie wot theyve been doin to yer.. After the scare he got, and the gallop he did, he came home sound as a bell and ate up his feed as cool as a cucumber. Us or you? You wear the golden cloak that admits through any door. As already stated, the whilom Connie Galbraith loathed and detested her brother-in-law with a bitterness which usually exists only between persons of different religions. An American would have classed him as the chief executive of a chain of factories; an Englishman would have guessed him to be a big Yorkshire contractor. Theres something wrong, he said. I know youve been racing all your life, and youve bred some pretty good ones. Ten to one Crusader and Sensation. And that my friend is the day chivalry died. The only man I ever knew that wasnt on the take-down, or on the make, and that wouldnt tell you lies. Our waiter Jordan was extremely helpful and catered for all our needs, thank you. It's really dog friendly and they love people watching on their fav table. As the old gentleman was away, he took Moira for a run round the harbour suburbs in a car and they were soon discussing the happenings since the affair with the Chinaman at Calabash. Three lengths from the post, the American rider gave a squeeze of his knees and a twitch of his hands and his horses great natural speed landed him a winner by half a length from Crusader, with the others beaten off. Theres enough seats sold now to show a profit., Never mind about the profit, Connie. Its the same with horses. We can get the best horse in America if we make it worth his while to come. I wont have the favourite for this race, said Mr Noall with the air of a man whose decision is final and subject to no appeal. Instead, he got advice of which he had always had too much. Hell lob in, said Bill the Gunner, and moved off with the horse as though any further conversation were out of the question. So now the bell rings for the Town Plate and out come the horses on the track. Though he had covered more ground than anything in the race he was still galloping gamely and a mighty shout went up: Here, whats this! Now Ive got money and I want to get something out of it.. Most animals would have been scared to death, but a thoroughbred horse is born with an instinct for crowds and the American drew himself up and broke into a trot through that dense human lane, feeling by some animal telepathy that everything was all right and that he himself was the hero of the occasion. By degrees he got used to it and at the end of the day he took a childish pleasure in hearing people say as he walked past: Thats him! You take him to England. When asked why he did not send his horse for long gallops his trainer replied: Say, bo, thats a job for a railroad train, this is only a hose.. London, the city where, as Tennyson might have said, the individual withers and the type is more and more. London, where the outlander feels so unimportant that he could dress himself up as a Choctaw Indian and walk down Piccadilly waving a scalping-knife without attracting the slightest attention. Fitzroy and me have just come down for a fly round. This place aint so all-fired slow after all. And everything went off with the greatestclat, though, certainly, the man charged with the arrangements did remark to a friend that if he had been allowed to select the bride he might have done better for his client. . Neither Connie nor Red Fred went to bed that night, waiting on news from the hospital. Im going to pill this favourite. Long Harry had scoffed at the idea of there being any danger. Looking out through the open door they could see the moonlight flooding the plain. Motor-cars hooted, stockwhips cracked, shearers and squatters beat each other on the back. Thats right, aint it, Ramon? This ultimatum was delivered to a committee consisting of Mr Manasses and several other gentlemen, some of whom had but the scantiest knowledge of the subject. The steak wasnt rare at all and then they avoided coming back to the table so my friend ate it anyhow because we were being ignored and avoided and everyone else was eating at this point, not good service at all. Id like to murder that old trainer.. As a rule he just glanced at his letters and handed them either to the Empire Pastoral Company or the wastepaper basket. He even thought of offering Mr Noall a drink, but decided there was no need to go to extremes in hypocrisy. His revolver made an appreciable bulge on his hip under his tunic, he was fit and well, and he hoped sincerely that he might have to make an arrest. Thats the bloke that give ten thousand for Sensation!. While Sensation was a big, sleepy, good-natured giant, this was a fiery domineering horse, snorting, rearing and showing himself off like a picture actor. You cant arrest me! Well, Im afraid I will have to detain you for identification. The first lot they looked at were half a dozen yearlings running in a small paddock, up to their knees in irrigated lucerne, while the unirrigated part of the paddock was belly-deep in Mitchell grass, that wonderful Queensland grass on which a horse can be trained almost as well as on oats. We simply cant let him stop here and run to seed like a public-house loafer. We asked if you delivered, yes the answer. The English rider knew that if he could steady his horse even for a few strides, he could beat the others for speed, but Crusaders temper was so thoroughly roused that he would not let a horse pass him while he had a breath in his body. The engagement is announced of Connie, Dowager Countess of Fysshe and Fynne, to the Australian millionaire, Mr Fred Carstairs, who has been staying with the Countess at her palatial seat in Newmarket. Mr Noall, however, had other ideas. When the head lad and the stable-boys came flying down from their sleeping-quarters, they found the horse trembling with excitement in the far corner of the yard, and two apparently dead men lying in the box. Like a yellow tiger the Chinaman launched himself out of the mob and made a blind rush, shrieking curses and striking out with his fists. While Mrs Harry poured out the tea, displaying her bracelets to the best advantage, the Governor tried to engage Harry in conversation; but he could get nothing out of Harry except Yes, Your Lord and No, Your Lord. When the conversation looked like dying in its tracks, one of the semi-viceregal sisters, aching to patronize somebody, started on Long Harry: What a beautiful place you have here, Mr Raynham, she said. Fitzroy got one with each barrel every time. All the old tabbies on the ship will be at that table, and if I cut loose I might make some of em jump overboard.. Nudging Jimmy the Pat with his elbow Ramon pointed out one of these finishes. Gamely the French and Australian horses struggled after him, but it was no race. Maggies the girl who works there, and she and I used to be pretty thick when I was shearing there. Its your face thats wrong, I says. At the end of the day Fitzroy reported for duty, accompanied by the aide-de-camp, who said that His Excellency and party would like to go out and see this celebrated racehorse. . Haw! The horsell go mad in there., I wont put your horse in there, said Mr Manasses. Something of the sort might have happened to these two, but relief was in sight. I asked the staff about this when we ate there earlier this week but they had no idea. In a wooden utch in the back yard? Two minor handicaps also went to favourites, and the crowd were on their toes. . We cant afford to have anything go wrong you know., Ow can anything go wrong? said Connie. If the thing works Ill be down at the end of the reed-beds at eight oclock to-night., Youd better be there, too, said Spider. The pub specialises in steaks, but there is goodMore. He was a trap at Barcoo but he got the sack, same as I got over the ram. The cocktails werent the best. Le jour de gloire est arriv? And youve got a seckitary? One look at Jimmy the Pat satisfied them that here was no defenceless Chinaman to be clouted with impunity. The training of a policeman costs a lot of money, even more than the training of a soldier, so the authorities are unwilling to let a man go, even though he may have done something particularly sillysuch as Fitzroy had done at Barcoo. They all look like scum to Delahunty, so he lets Maggie sort em out. Wears a barbers delight [silk shirt] and jemimas [elastic-sided boots], but the dressier they are the hotter they are. There was no fighting for their heads now, the field were all hard at it. Wasnt you in the police depot with me? Red Fred was puzzled as to what all this portended, but he signified that he understood the situation up to a certain point. The team were amazing, the food spectacular and having a historical site 5 mins away always adds a little adventure. You may be charged in connexion with the disappearance of a lot of money from the race-course., But, supposing Im prepared to deposit some money to show Im not a crook?, Would a hundred thousand pounds be any good?, Dont be funny! Sensation, said Charley Stone, wrinkling his brow with the air of a man facing a chess problem, Sensation. In anticipation of the Governors visit, Long Harry, as Raynham was habitually called, had put on his best clothes consisting of a reach-me-down suit of tweeds and a cabbage-tree hatthe latter costing five pounds, though it looked like the sort of thing you could buy in any drapers for five shillings. With a movement as quick as the strike of a snake Fitzroy seized the Chinamans wrist and jerked him off his balance. Well, you give im my compliments, Lady Seawoods compliments, and Id be glad if he would join me and Fishy at the eleven oclock swill. Hunched on his horses back, the American rider hugged the rails, for a horse will run better with a rail to guide him than out in the centre of a track. . The figure system, is it? he said. They then called our name to be seated and after replyingthat was us they continued to ask the other groups if that was their booking name even though I said THATS MY NAME . Give him time to settle down and he shakes em up. Where are you going to get the money? And when it wouldnt answer he tried to throw it in the creek. Having shuddered at the spelling and criticized the construction of the letter, this official relaxed so far as to mark it, applecation granted, and Fitzroy was freefree to indulge in thoughts of a return to England. She gave one of the stationhands a gun and some cartridges and told him to get a couple of wild duck, and she sent down to the blacks camp to say that she would give it big feller nobbler to any black who could catch her a Murray cod. 5 starters came out and we had to wait 10 mins for the last persons so everyone else had eaten before the last one came else there food would have been cold. He could not move a step for dogs, and could not take his eyes off them for various reasons. These were eked out by several South African decorations. We aint goin to play no skin game on each other. Fire! as the flames shot with the speed of rockets from one bunch of dry boughs to another. Its a duty Id owe to the world. Hes a cheese champion dis Australian hoss, he said. The more fiery English horse, Crusader, wanted his own way all the time. You shorescab!. Are you sure you want to delete this question? Any other person than Red Fred might have questioned the bona fides of such an unlikely lady of title, but he had seen her name in the passengers list. Well, Im damned! I have to steer his Excellency about and see that he doesnt miss recognizing all sorts of weird Johnnies he has already met at some show or other. I always liked that Musket-St Simon cross. I only just thought of it. The day after the mares arrival he was discovered sitting by her feedbox, listening ecstatically to the sound of her jaws as she munched her food. In the ponderous manner he found most effective on official occasions he delivered his judgment: I am sure, Mr Raynham, he said, that trainers have to contend with a lot of difficulties in their arduous and exacting occupation. Nothing was further from the poor old gentlemans thoughts than parting with any such sum for any such nefarious purpose; but words spoken cannot be recalled and sometimes a bird of the air will carry the matter. Can you beat that? 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