Dollery, the horse's jockey, was standing by. "Oddly made, is it?" he said indignantly. "You'll be wishing the oddity' was yours in twenty minutes time."
Jerry M. was a magnificent horse, presence in the field of Jenkinstown, who, though he started at 100 to 8, had been so well tried that the stable thought him just about unbeatable with 10 st. 5 lb. to carry.
Two years later Jerry M. was top-weight, with 12 st. 7 Ib. but such was the confidence behind him, and public belief in his chance, that he started a good favourite at 4 to 1.
Throughout the gruelling race, the horse jumped like a stag, and in the last half mile Bloodstone and Axle Pin pursued him in vain.
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