I know a man who has been to three or four of his suppers, and he told me that Carthew had lost every time, once or twice pretty heavily." "Carthew's horse ran second, didn't it, for the Derby ?" "Yes, the betting was twenty to one against him at starting." "I wonder he did not give that tip as well as the other." "Well, he did say that he thought it might run into a place, but that he was sure that he had no chance with the favourite.

As it turned out, he was nearer winning than he expected; for the favourite went down the day before the race, from 5 to 4 on, to 10 to 1 against.

There was a report about that he had gone wrong in some way.

Some fellows said that there had been an attempt to get at him, others that he had got a nail in his foot.

The general feeling had been that he would win in a canter, but as it was he only beat Carthew's horse by a short head." "Had Carthew backed his horse to win ?" "He told me that he had only backed it for a hundred, but had put five hundred on it for a place, and as he got six to one against it he came uncommonly well out of it." "And do you think it likely that Miss Greendale will accept him ?" "Ah! that I cannot say.