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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=343994" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>How The Favourite Beat Us</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">"Aye," said the boozer, "I tell you it's true, sir, <br>I once was a punter with plenty of pelf, <br>But gone is my glory, I'll tell you the story <br>How I stiffened my horse and got stiffened myself. <br>"'Twas a mare called the Cracker, I came down to back her, <br>But found she was favourite all of a rush, <br>The folk just did pour on to lay six to four on, <br>And several bookies were killed in the crush. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">"It seems old Tomato was stiff, though a starter; <br>They reckoned him fit for the Caulfield to keep. <br>The Bloke and the Donah were scratched by their owner, <br>He only was offered three-fourths of the sweep. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">"We knew Salamander was slow as a gander, <br>The mare could have beat him the length of the straight, <br>And old Manumission was out of condition, <br>And most of the others were running off weight. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">"No doubt someone 'blew it', for everyone knew it, <br>The bets were all gone, and I muttered in spite, <br>'If I can't get a copper, by Jingo, I'll stop her, <br>Let the public fall in, it will serve the brutes right.' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">"I said to the jockey, 'Now, listen, my cocky, <br>You watch as you're cantering down by the stand, <br>I'll wait where that toff is and give you the office, <br>You're only to win if I lift up my hand.' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">"I then tried to back her -- 'What price is the Cracker?' <br>'Our books are all full, sir,' each bookie did swear; <br>My mind, then, I made up, my fortune I played up <br>I bet every shilling against my own mare. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">"I strolled to the gateway, the mare, in the straight way <br>Was shifting and dancing, and pawing the ground, <br>The boy saw me enter and wheeled for his canter, <br>When a darned great mosquito came buzzing around. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">"They breed 'em at Hexham, it's risky to vex 'em, <br>They suck a man dry at a sitting, no doubt, <br>But just as the mare passed, he fluttered my hair past, <br>I lifted my hand, and I flattened him out. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">"I was stunned when they started, the mare simply darted <br>Away to the front when the flag was let fall, <br>For none there could match her, and none tried to catch her -- <br>She finished a furlong in front of them all. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">"You bet that I went for the boy, whom I sent for <br>The moment he weighed and came out of the stand -- <br>"Who paid you to win it? Come, own up this minute." <br>"Lord love yer," said he, "why, you lifted your hand." </div><div style="margin:10px 0">`'Twas true, by St Peter, that cursed 'muskeeter' <br>Had broke me so broke that I hadn't a brown, <br>And you'll find the best course is when dealing with horses <br>To win when you're able, and keep your hands down."</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Andrew+Barton+Paterson">Andrew Barton Paterson</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=343994" data-title="How The Favourite Beat Us de Andrew Barton Paterson" data-description=""Aye," said the boozer, "I tell you it's true, sir, I once was a punter with plenty of pelf, But gone is my glory, I'll tell you the story How I stiffened my horse and got stiffened myself. "'Twas a mare called the Cracker,..."></div> </div> </div>
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