(_By one who has all but done it._)
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Take great care in purchasing a really good colt. Don't let expense
stand in your way, but be sure you get for money money's worth.
Obtain the most experienced trainer in the market, and confide your colt
to his care. But, at the same time, let him have the advantage of your
personal encouragement and the opinion of those of your sporting friends
upon whose judgment you can place reliance.
When the day of the great race draws near, secure the most reliable
jockey and every other advantage that you can obtain for your valuable
animal.
Then, having taken every precaution to win the Derby, why--win it!
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[Illustration: AT THE POST.--_First Gentleman Rider._ "Who is the swell
on the lame horse?" _Second Gentleman Rider._ "Oh--forget his name--he's
the son of the great furniture man, don'tcherknow." _First Gentleman
Rider._ "Goes as if he had a caster off, eh?"
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[Illustration: ASCOT WEEK RACING NOTE