[Illustration: DAM!]
[Illustration: MAIDEN ALLOWANCE]
[Illustration: SETTLING AT THE CLUBS]
[Illustration: AN OBJECTION ON THE GROUND OF "BORING"]
[Illustration: WINNING BY A CLEVER HEAD]
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[Illustration: _Owner._ "Why didn't you ride as I told you? Didn't I
tell you to force the pace early and come away at the corner?"
_Jockey._ "Yes, m'Lord, but I couldn't very well leave the horse
behind."]
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AT NEWMARKET.--_Lady Plongère (to Sir Charles Hamidoot)._ Oh! Sir
Charles, please put me a tenner each way on the favourite.
_Sir Charles._ But will you repay me the money laid out?
_Lady P. (sweetly)._ Of course I will, if I win.
[_Sir C. forgets to execute the commission._
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[Illustration: HEARD AT NEWMARKET
_Jockey (whose horse has broken down)._ "Thought you said it was as good
as a walk over?"
_Trainer_. "Well, ain't you _walkin_' over?"]
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[Illustration: A MOTOR-HORSE STEEPLE-CHASE]
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[Illustration: PREHISTORIC PEEPS