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Chapter 20

           Crowellwentoverandboughttheticketswhilewewatchedthejockeysridearoundoncemoreandthengooutunderthetreestothetrackandgallopslowlyuptotheturnwherethestartwastobe.

           Wewentupinthegrand-standtowatchtherace.TheyhadnoelasticbarrieratSanSirothenandthestarterlinedupallthehorses,theylookedverysmallwayupthetrack,andthensentthemoffwithacrackofhislongwhip.Theycamepastuswiththeblackhorsewellinfrontandontheturnhewasrunningawayfromtheothers.Iwatchedthemonthefarsidewiththeglassesandsawthejockeyfightingtoholdhiminbuthecouldnotholdhimandwhentheycamearoundtheturnandintothestretchtheblackhorsewasfifteenlengthsaheadoftheothers.Hewentwayonupandaroundtheturnafterthefinish.

           "Isn’titwonderful,"Catherinesaid."We’llhaveoverthreethousandlire.Hemustbeasplendidhorse."

           "Ihopehiscolordoesn’trun,"Crowellsaid,"beforetheypayoff."

           "Hewasreallyalovelyhorse,"Catherinesaid."IwonderifMr.Meyersbackedhim."

           "Didyouhavethewinner?"IcalledtoMeyers.Henodded.

           "Ididn’t,"Mrs.Meyerssaid."Whodidyouchildrenbeton?"

           "Japalac."

           "Really?He’sthirty-fivetoone!"

           "Welikedhiscolor."

           "Ididn’t.Ithoughthelookedseedy.Theytoldmenottobackhim."

           "Hewon’tpaymuch,"Meyerssaid.

           "He’smarkedthirty-fivetooneinthequotes,"Isaid.

           "Hewon’tpaymuch.Atthelastminute,"Meyerssaid,"theyputalotofmoneyonhim."

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