Eight Hour? A roarer, all noise and no pace!
Eh? Local Option? Won't win; though they whack him!
What have they got, that can score the Big Race?
Mr. Punch. Well, I must own they do seem a bit out of it.
Still, the Big Race for surprises is famed.
Trainer. Bah! It's a moral for us, not a doubt of it.
Horse that can lick us is not foaled or named.
Mr. Punch. Glad you're so cock-sure, dear JOKIM. Still lately
They've scored some small handicaps, that you'll allow.
Trainer. Oh! Harborough Stakes! Well, that don't scare me greatly,