To see which is gaining,
And far-distant humming
Grows louder and clearer,—Grows stronger and nearer.
“They’re off!” “They are coming!”
“Who leads?” “Black and red!”—“No! Green, by a head!”
“The Earl!” “No, the Lady!”—” Typhœus looks shady!”
“Orion! Orion,—To live or to die on!”
“Twenty pounds to a crown—On the little Blue Gown.”
“I’ll venture my whole in—That colt by Tom Bowline!”
“Paul Jones!” “Rosicrucian!”