"I never expected anything like this," said Ella.
"Is it equal to a Melbourne Cup crowd?" asked Eve.
"More people, of course; but it is quite different."
"In what way?"
"I hardly know, everything is different, the course, the people, the stands, the ring, that seething mass down there," and she pointed to Tattersalls.
"Wait till you see the favorite's number go up, then there'll be something to look at," said Alan.
"Is Merry Monarch favorite?" she asked.
"No, Gold Star and he'll about win."
"Don't you believe him," said Eve, "he's deceiving you; my tip will win, Merry Monarch, I had it straight from the Baron."
"Who's the Baron?" asked Ella.