"If Monkey ain't collared him," retorted the jockey.
The moods of the three men were various and characteristic: Jaggers glum and uncertain, Ikey confident, Chukkers grim.
"Who's riding the Putnam horse?" asked Ikey.
"Albert Edward," Jaggers replied.
Chukkers removed his charm from his mouth.
"I ain't afraid o' him," he said. "He's never rode this course afore. It'll size him up."
"What's the price o' Four-Pound?" asked Ikey.
"Forties," answered Chukkers, biting home.
The little Levantine was surprised, as those Simian eyebrows of his revealed.
"Forties!" he said. "I thought he was a hundred to one."