"You may be right, but we have no occasion to think Lucky Boy lacks courage, he ran a good race at Rosehill."
Bricky shook his head and smiled as he said—
"I can't give any reasons, sir, but to-morrow my bit for the Cup goes on this fellow."
"It will be a surprise for a lot of people if he wins."
"It's good for 'em to be surprised sometimes," said Bricky.
Jack Redland called at the trainer's the same night, and Joel told him what Bricky had said.
"It's curious," said Jack, "but I cannot get it out of my head about Black Boy, I feel sure he will run well and beat Barry's horse."
"Have you heard from Mr. Tuxford?" asked the trainer.
"No, he has hardly had time to write."
"He must be a long way from here?"