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HOW TO START IN BUSINESS “ That’s a pretty tidy sum,” said the old man; “not that the amount makes much difference while you are about it. It is just as easy to make twenty thousand pounds as twent…
ALEC AND HUEY START BUSINESS The next week saw Alec fairly started on a Randwick tram, with an assistant recommended as clerk by Old Sam. As his pouch was devoid of any money but small silver, he h…
THE HAWKESBURY HANDICAP The races at Clarendon caused quite a flutter of excitement in the adjacent town of Windsor. As many as three men and a dog might be seen all at one time in its main street,…
THE TRIAL Huey Gosper talked bravely to himself, but he was well aware that, however closely he might have gauged the capabilities of The Vengeance, he had as yet never seen the mare Bertha in prope…
THE PARRAMATTA RIVER Ruby and Florence, of the Golden Bar, were as pleased as a dog who has found a bone when they overheard Bertha promise a middle-aged, benevolent-looking gentleman, who was a cas…
THE WEIGHTS FOR THE SYDNEY CUP When the weights were published for the Sydney Cup, Alec Booth rushed with the paper at full tilt to Soft Sam— “What do you think of it? Is it good enough? Look, she…
THE RELIGIOUS JOCKEY One afternoon the middle-aged man with bushy whiskers emerged from Huey’s lodgings, and walking to Elizabeth Street, took the tram to Randwick. And he was about that horsey sub…
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE RACE The Golden Bar looked brighter, more burnished, more glorified than usual. The gilt mouldings and inlaid work on the walls shone with added splendour. The yellow statuett…
THE SYDNEY CUP Cup Day was one of unbroken sunshine and brightness, one of those days, so frequent in Sydney, when only to breathe and respire is a pleasure and a joy. At an early hour the trams and…
A PROPOSAL It was the day following the great race. Huey, who was seeking an interview with Bertha, had come to the Botanic Gardens. He knew it was her afternoon of liberty, and that was her favou…
