carts in its progress which was by any hand for the milk himself was pursuing on foot his natural in affairs a l enabled mr to infer that the which could cut such a record when with a chariot would exhibit even greater speed if in and that it might even not carry off first prize in the race so as the milk ran up with anxiety to learn the result of his horse s mr stopped him to inquire what he would take for such an animal the rather foolishly taking it for granted that horse and cart were gone concerns thought he was making the good stroke of business in offering the lot for a twenty pound note i have done with you cried mr sharply handing over the purchase money a from which he very fortunately chanced to have about him and galloping off to inspect his bargain which was like buying a pig after once it in the ribs in what condition he found it i must leave you to learn my dear readers in an chapter chapter ix the dark horse a from full many a mare with coat of is in dark coal mines full many a s born to blush unseen and waste her swiftness on a cab lines to order by a young english friend who they are original but i regard as an unconscious from poet young s of a country h b f it is a gain a precious let me gain let me gain oh oh the shower of thine secret shoe dust oh oh dr ram of we left mr in full pursuit of the horse and milk chariot which he had so purchased while still en route after running a mile or two he was rejoiced to find that the a from had come to a and was still in prime condition � with the exception of the which had made its escape from the however was not disposed to weep for long over milk and had the excessive to restore the chariot and to the merchant who was beside himself with gratitude then mr with a heart having detached his purchase from the shafts conducted it in triumph to his it turned out to be a mare white as snow and of marvellous and partly because of her origin and partly from her complexion he her by the of way although a complete the dark horse i in the art of a horse to win any contest mr s told him that the first step was to his rather too pupil with com and similar seeds and after a prolonged course of he had the gratification to behold his mare filling out as plump as a as he desired her to remain the dark horse as long as possible he concealed her in a small at the end of the garden to her wants with his own hands and conducting her for daily several times round the central grass patch for some time he refrained from mounting � fain would he climb but that he feared to fall as poet once scratched with a diamond on queen anne � a from window but at length reflecting that if nothing nothing is certain to win he purchased a saddle with and surmounted way who far from regarding him as an appeared gratified by his arrival and did her utmost to make him feel thoroughly at home the next step was of course to obtain permission from the who rule the roast of the club that way might be allowed to in the approaching now this was a more delicately matter than might be supposed owing to the circumstance that the said are such warm men and so well endowed with this world s riches that they are practically the dark horse i fortunately mr as a in english composition was a in drawing a petition and sitting down he constructed the following � to those most in control of club personages this petition humbly i that your is a native indian cambridge b a a and a most loyal and devoted subject of her majesty the queen that it is of excessive importance to him for private reasons that he should win a race a from that such a famous victory would be eminently popular with all classes of indian natives and increase their affection for british rule that for some time past your has been diligently training a which he fondly hopes may gain a victory that said is a member of the fair sex that she is a female horse of very disposition but being only recently extracted from shafts of chariot is a total in racing that your may direct that she is to be kindly permitted to try the dark horse her luck in this world famous competition that it would greatly encourage her to exhibit speed if she could be allowed to start running a few minutes previously to older that if this is unfortunately contrary to then the judge should receive secret instructions to look with a favourable eye upon the said female horse whose name is way and her first prize even if by any chance she may not prove quite so fast a as more professional and your will ever pray on knees that so truly magnificent an institution as the a from course may never be suppressed on grounds of encouraging national vice of gambling and so forth signed c the of the above proved mr s profound acquaintance with the human heart for it attained the desired end the returned a very kind answer readily to receive way as a candidate for honours but that it was to her a few minutes start and that she must start with a scratch in company with all the other horses was not in the least degree cast down or depressed by this refusal of a start since he had 