"I don't plunge, but as I backed her very early I got 10 to 1 and 7 to 2.

Listen! They're off!" There was a roar from across the course, followed by a moment's breathless silence.

The clamour of voices from Tattersall's subsided, and in its place rose the buzz of excitement from the stands, the murmur of many voices gradually growing in volume.

Far away down the straight Ernestine and Trent, leaning over the rail, could see the little coloured specks come dancing into sight.

The roar of voices once more beat upon the air.
"Nero the Second wins!" "The favourite's done!" "Nero the Second for a monkey!" "Nero the Second romps in!" "Iris! Iris! Iris wins!" It was evident from the last shout and the gathering storm of excitement that, after all, it was to be a race They were well in sight now; Nero the Second and Iris, racing neck-and-neck, drawing rapidly away from the others.