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Ulysses

While the other was reading it on page two Boom (to
give him for the nonce his new misnomer) whiled away a
few odd leisure moments in fits and starts with the account
of the third event at Ascot on page three, his side. Value

1000 sovs with 3000 sovs in specie added. For entire colts
and fillies. Mr F. Alexander’s Throwaway, b. h. by
Rightaway, 5 yrs, 9 st 4 lbs (W. Lane) 1, lord Howard de
Walden’s Zinfandel (M. Cannon) z, Mr W. Bass’s Sceptre 3.
Betting 5 to 4 on Zinfandel, 20 to 1 Throwaway (off).
Sceptre a shade heavier, 5 to 4 on Zinfandel, 20 to 1
Throwaway (off). Throwaway and Zinfandel stood close
order. It was anybody’s race then the rank outsider drew
to the fore, got long lead, beating lord Howard de
Walden’s chestnut colt and Mr W. Bass’s bay filly Sceptre
on a 2 1/2 mile course. Winner trained by Braime so that
Lenehan’s version of the business was all pure buncombe.
Secured the verdict cleverly by a length. 1000 sovs with
3000 in specie. Also ran: J de Bremond’s (French horse
Bantam Lyons was anxiously inquiring after not in yet but
expected any minute) Maximum II. Different ways of
bringing off a coup. Lovemaking damages. Though that
halfbaked Lyons ran off at a tangent in his impetuosity to
get left. Of course gambling eminently lent itself to that
sort of thing though as the event turned out the poor fool

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