Chapter 16

entire colts and fillies. Mr F. Alexander’s Throwaway , b. h. by Rightaway , 5 yrs , 9 st 4 lbs. , Thrale ( W. Lane) 1. Lord Howard de Walden’s Zinfandel ( M. Cannon) 2. Mr W. Bass’s Sceptre , 3. Bettings 5 to 4 on Zinfandel , 20 to 1 Throwaway (off). Throwaway and Zinfandel stood close order. It was anybody’s race then the rank outsider drew to the fore got long lead, beating lord Howard de Walden’s chestnut colt and Mr W. Bass’s bay filly Sceptre on a 2½ mile course. Winner trained by Braine so that Lenehan’s version of the business was all pure buncombe. Secured the verdict cleverly by a length. 1,000 sovs. with 300 in specie. Also ran J. de Bremond’s (French horse Bantam Lyons was anxiously inquiring after not in yet but expected any minute) Maximum II . Different ways of bringing off a coup. Lovemaking damages. Though that halfbaked Lyons ran off at a tangent in his impetuosity to get left. Of course, gambling eminently lent itself to that sort of thing though, as the event turned out, the poor fool hadn’t much reason to congratulate himself on his pick, the forlorn hope. Guesswork it reduced itself to eventually.