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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1919 Original Publisher: John Lane Subjects: Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Fiction / Short Stories Literary Collections / Essays Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get... More

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1919 Original Publisher: John Lane Subjects: Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Fiction / Short Stories Literary Collections / Essays Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: A BREAD AND BUTTER MISS " jtarling Chatter and Oakhiii have jlJ both dropped back in the betting," said Bertie van Tahn, throwing the morning paper across the breakfast table. " That leaves Nursery Tea practically favourite," said Odo Finsberry. " Nursery Tea and Pipeclay are at the top of the betting at present," said Bertie, " but that French horse, Le Five O'Clock, seems to be fancied as much as anything. Then there is Whitebait, and the Polish horse with a name like some one trying to stifle a sneeze in church; they both seem to have a lot of support." " It's the most open Derby there's been for years," said Odo. " It's simply no good trying to pick the winner on form," said Bertie; " one must just trust to luck and inspiration." " The question is whether to trust to one's own inspiration, or somebody else's. Sporting Swankgives Count Palatine to win, and Le Five O'Clock for a place." " Count Palatine -- that adds another to our list of perplexities. Good morning, Sir Lulworth; have you a fancy for the Derby by any chance? " " I don't usually take much interest in turf matters," said Sir Lulworth, who had just made his appearance, " but I always like to have a bet on the Guineas and the Derby. This year, I confess, it's rather difficult to pick out anything that seems markedly better than anything else. What do you think of Snow Bunting? " "Snow Bunting?" said Odo, with a groan, " there's another of them. Surely, Snow Bunting has no earthly chance ? " " My...

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