"An' a good race, boys,--a good race all around." "Yes, Dave wins!" answered Phil.

"My, but your horse did go it at the finish!" he added, admiringly.
"A fine animal," said Roger.

"But mine is fine, too, even if he didn't come in first," he added, loyally.
"You all rode well--better nor I expected," was Sid Todd's comment.

"It was a good race.

I wish the others on the ranch had seen it,--they wouldn't call you tenderfeet no more!".