For answer Porter showed the Steward his race programme, on which was written the wager he had made on Lucretia, and the bookmaker's name.
“Ask Ullmer to bring his betting sheet,” the Steward said to an assistant.
On the sheet, opposite John Porter's badge number, was a bet, $10,000 to $4,000, in the Lucretia column.
“Did this gentleman make that bet with you?” the Steward asked of Ullmer.
“He carries the number; besides I know Mr. Porter, I remember laying it to him.”
“Thank you, that will do. Hit you pretty hard,” he said, turning to Porter. “And you hadn't a saver on Lauzanne?”
“Not a dollar.”
“What about your buying him—is there anything in that story?”
Porter explained the purchase. The Steward nodded his head.
“They seem to have been pretty sure of winning, those other people,” he commented; “but we can't do anything to them for winning; nor about selling you the horse, I fear; and as far as you're concerned, Lucretia was supposed to be trying. Who gave your jockey orders?”