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Very quickly the totalisator figures came up: Black Wolf 63/17/, Rattlesnake 5 (for each pound invested). 8740 had altogether been invested on the race. 90/10/ had gone on Black Wolf, and 382/10/ on Rattlesnake.
The owner of Black Wolf came down off the grandstand looking unruffled and unconcerned. He smiled when he was congratulated, and when asked if he had expected Black Wolf to win he replied inscrutably: "Well, I thought he was pretty good."