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in)._ That's not good, Guv'nor! _The Cockney Groom._ 'Ere's a little bit o' fashion coming down next--why, there's quite a boy on his back. _The S. S._ 'E won't be on 'im long if he don't look out. Cup an' ball _I_ call it! _The Morbid Man._ I suppose there's always a accident o' some sort before they've finished. _First Woman._ Oh, don't, for goodness sake, talk like that--I'm sure _I_ don't want to see nothing 'appen. _Second Woman._ Well, you may make your mind easy--for you won't see nothing here; you _would_ have it this was the best place to come to! _First Woman._ I only said there was no sense in paying extra for the balcony, when you can go in the area for nothing. _Second Woman (snorting)._ Area, indeed! It might be a good deal airier than what it is, I'm sure--I shall melt if I stay here much longer. _The Morbid Man._ There's one thing about being so close to the jump as this--if the 'orse jumps sideways--as 'osses will do every now and then--he'll be right in among us before we know where we are, and then there'll be a pretty how-de-do! _Second Woman (to her Friend)._ Oh, come away, do--it's bad enough to see nothing, let alone having a great 'orse coming down atop of us, and me coming out in my best bonnet, too--come away! [_They leave._ _The Descriptive Man._ Now they're going to make 'em do some in-and-out jumping, see? they're putting the fences close together--that'll puzzle some of them--ah, he's over both of 'em; very clean that one jumps! Over again! He's got to do it all twice, you see. _The Judge of Horseflesh._ Temperate horse, that chestnut. _The Severe Critic._ Is he, though?--but I suppose they _have_ to be here, eh? Not allowed champagne or whiskey or anything before they go in--like they are on a racecourse? _The J. of H._ No, they insist on every horse taking the pledge before they'll enter him. _The Descriptive Man._ Each of 'em's had a turn at the in-and-out jump now. What's coming next? Oh, the five-barred gate--they're going over that now, and the stone wall--see them putting the bricks on top? That's to _raise_ it. _The Morbid Man._ None of 'em been off yet; but (_hopefully_) there'll be a nasty fall or two over this business--there's been many a neck broke over a lower gate than that. _A Competitor clears the gate easily, holding the reins casually in his right hand._ _The J. of H._ That man can ride. _The Severe Critic._ Pretty well--not w
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