Day by day evidently Slone loved him more and tried harder to win a little of what Wildfire showed at sight of Lucy.

Still Slone was proud of Lucy's control over the stallion.

He was just as much heart and soul bent on winning the great race as Lucy was.

She had ridden Wildfire bareback at first, and then they had broken him to the saddle.
It was serious business, that training of Wildfire, and Slone had peculiar ideas regarding it.

Lucy rode him up and down the pass until he was warm.