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.[Pg 7]
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 [Pg 9]
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] |