Chapter I: Front Matter

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The Sweep Winner

The Sweep Winner

By Nat Gould

London
John Long, Limited
12, 13 & 14 Norris Street, Haymarket
_All rights reserved_

_Readers are requested to note that all the characters
in this story are purely fictitious, and the names are
not intended to refer to any real person or persons._

TO THE MEMORY OF MY SON
CAPTAIN HERBERT R. GOULD, M.C., R.A.F.
FLIGHT COMMANDER, 18TH SQUADRON
_Killed in Action on the Western Front, August, 1918_

Contents

_Chapter_ _Page_

I. THE GLITTERING WIRE 11
II. IN THE HUT 21
III. A STRANGE SITUATION 31
IV. "IT'S FOR A WOMAN" 41
V. WHY JIM CAME TO THE HUT 51
VI. "COME" 61
VII. THE FACE IN THE WATER 71
VIII. WAYS AND MEANS 81
IX. THE CHINAMAN'S SHOP 91
X. THE ACCUSATION 102
XI. JERRY, JOURNALIST 113
XII. IN SEARCH OF HORSES 123
XIII. LEIGH HEARS STRANGE THINGS 133
XIV. "A MAGNIFICENT BRUTE" 143
XV. THE BIG SHOW 153
XVI. MRS. PREVOST 163
XVII. JEALOUSY 173
XVIII. A QUESTION OF JOCKEYS 183
XIX. MRS. PREVOST'S DILEMMA 194
XX. THE DRAWER OF BARELLAN 205
XXI. LAME 215
XXII. SWEEP MONEY 225
XXIII. BEATEN 236
XXIV. AT FLEMINGTON 247
XXV. HE LOOKED AT HIS TICKET 257
XXVI. BARELLAN FALLS BACK 268
XXVII. WHAT A FINISH! 279
XVIII. A TERRIBLE SAVAGE 288
XXIX. MAN AND HORSE LAY SIDE BY SIDE 299
XXX. THE SWEEP WINNER'S HOME 311

The Sweep Winner