The three year olds, excited by the noise and multitude of faces, leaped and strained at their bits.

Robert did not know much of races, but it seemed to him that there was little to choose between either horses or riders.
The circular track was a mile in length, and they would round it twice, start and finish alike being made directly in front of the judges' stand.

The starter, a tall Virginian, finally brought the horses to the line, neck and neck, and they were away.

The whole crowd rose to its feet and shouted approval as they flashed past.

Blenheim was a bay and Cressy was a sorrel, and when they began to turn the curve in the distance Robert saw that bay and sorrel were still neck and neck.