LADY SPLAY'S PREOCCUPATIONS "It's a good race to leave alone, Miranda," said Dennis Brown.

"But if you want to back something, I should put a trifle on Kinky Jane." "Thank you, Dennis," Miranda answered absently.

She was standing upon the lawn at Gatwick with her face towards the line of bookmakers upon the far side of the railings.

These men were shouting at the full frenzy of their voices, in spite of the heat and the dust.

The ring was crowded, and even the enclosure more than usually full.
"But you won't get any price," Harold Jupp continued, and he waved an indignant arm towards the bookmakers.