"Did you tell him not to back Lucretia, for he did Lauzanne?"

"I told him not to bet at all"

"And you played the mare yourself?"

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.