So Venters held the sorrel in, letting Card make the running.
It was a long race that would save the blacks.
In a few miles of that swinging canter Wrangle had crept appreciably closer to the three horses.

Jerry Card turned again, and when he saw how the sorrel had gained, he put Black Star to a gallop.

Night and Bells, on either side of him, swept into his stride.
Venters loosened the rein on Wrangle and let him break into a gallop.
The sorrel saw the horses ahead and wanted to run.

But Venters restrained him.

And in the gallop he gained more than in the canter.
Bells was fast in that gait, but Black Star and Night had been trained to run.