Tales of Pink and Silk (Classic Reprint)
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Collins, George Edwin) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Tales of Pink and Silk Captain Bleater was down on his luck. Everything seemed to have gone wrong with him lately, and unless there was a turn for the better he would have - to use his own expression - "to put up the shutters," or, in other words, retire from the business of making money by racing. Yes, the gee-gees must go, unless he could bring off some coup to set matters straight again. But how was it to be done? Many were the consultations with Tuplin, the head lad, as to how they were to run his extremely moderate animals to his own emolument and the discomfiture of the British public. But these confabs had been held before, and more than one scheme had been planned that seemed certain of profit, only to be upset in the most exasperating way by some entirely unlooked-for animal or event. Was there ever such luck? The Town Plate at Roxton seemed a certainty for the Grand Duke, and all the available cash was piled on at a nice price; but the Grand Duke got beaten a head, and the British public gave Captain Bleater credit for losing very cleverly, remarking that it was the weight of money (on the winning horse) that stopped the Grand Duke. It was too bad; especially when they were really "on the job." But such is fame, and the result of a reputation gained by years of toil and trouble. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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