Outing . FLYCATCHER. A Tale of The Hunt Cup BY HAW LEY SMART, Author of Breezie Langton, The Great Tontine, Long Odds,&c., &c., &c., &c. Chapter VI. CHARLIE MAKES UP HIS MIND. YHE more Charlie pon-ders over the pur-chase of Hop-pickerthe more convincedhe is that the horsemust have been pur-chased with a viewto test something inthe Broxmore stable,and from his figur-ing among the can-didates for the racein question, togetherwith Flycatcher, hebegins to see hisway. Flycatcher, no doubt, is the horsefor whose benefit Tom Skelton made hisrecent purchase ; if Charlie considers thecolt well in when
Outing . FLYCATCHER. A Tale of The Hunt Cup BY HAW LEY SMART, Author of Breezie Langton, The Great Tontine, Long Odds,&c., &c., &c., &c. Chapter VI. CHARLIE MAKES UP HIS MIND. YHE more Charlie pon-ders over the pur-chase of Hop-pickerthe more convincedhe is that the horsemust have been pur-chased with a viewto test something inthe Broxmore stable,and from his figur-ing among the can-didates for the racein question, togetherwith Flycatcher, hebegins to see hisway. Flycatcher, no doubt, is the horsefor whose benefit Tom Skelton made hisrecent purchase ; if Charlie considers thecolt well in when the weights appear, thenhe will at once take a long shot abouthim, and be guided by the market andwhat he may hear as to the further invest-. ment of his uncles money. Two or threedays more and the handicap is it Hop-picker figures at seven stonefour, a weight at which, in Charlies opin-ion, he has but a very outside chance. It cannot be that one, he mutters tohimself, and Flycatcher must be a greatdeal better than he, if I am to risk morethan a trifle of Uncle Roberts money onhim. There were plenty of people puzzlingover the handicap besides Charlie Tray-ton, and none perhaps more anxiouslythan the people at Broxmore. Im dying to know, said Mrs. Herrickto her daughter, what Tom thinks of knows the handicapper has notbeen very kind to me ; Im sure Fly-catcher did nothing last year to justifyhis being awarded as much as sevenstone. I suppose not, mother, answeredPolly, with a nervous little laugh, butI have noticed that neither you nor ouremployers are ever quite satisfied with FLYCATCHER: 193 that officials estimate of our horses capa-bilities. It was the same in fatherstime. Poor father ! he used a
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