"There they are, gents, as like as two peas, and if it weren't for a
small splash of white on the inner side of 'Buffalo's' left hock,
there's very few men in my stable could tell one from the other."
Victor Carrington, observing that Dale was talking to the horse-dealer,
drew near the animal, with the air of an interested stranger, and
stooped to examine the white mark. It was a patch about as large as a
crown-piece.
"'Niagara' seems a fine creature," he said.
"Yes," replied a groom; "I don't think there's many better horses in
the place than 'Niagara.'"
When Douglas Dale returned to the examination of the two horses, Victor
Carrington drew Sir Reginald aside, unperceived by Dale.
"I want you to choose the horse 'Niagara' for Lionel Dale," he said,
when they were beyond the hearing of Douglas.
"Why that horse in particular?"
"Never mind why," returned Carrington, impatiently. "You can surely do
as much as that to oblige me."
"Be it so," answered Sir Reginald, with assumed carelessness; "the
horse seems a good one."
There was a little more talk and consultation, and then Douglas Dale
asked his cousin which horse he liked best among those they had seen.
"Well, upon my word, if you ask my opinion, I think there is no better
horse than that bay they call 'Niagara;' and if you and Spavin can
agree as to price, you may settle the business without further
hesitation.
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