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"There are some light-weight robes somewhere," he said. "Don't bother!" she protested. "I rarely take cold." But he continued his search. "There!" he said, putting it around her shoulders, "isn't that better?" "Delightful! Thank you!" It was cozily warm and comfortable. She drew a deep, happy breath. The car skimmed along as if on wings. She could meet the wind with pleasure now.
Fox-hunting and horse-racing were popular amusements, and his uncle not only kept a stable of well-bred horses, but had a four-mile race-course on his own grounds. As a light-weight jockey the future general was a useful member of the household, and it was the opinion of the neighbourhood that "if a horse had any winning qualities whatever in him, young Jackson never failed to bring them out."
Far better to have the front of one's face pushed in by the fist of an honest prize-fighter than to have the lining of one's stomach corroded by the embalmed beef of a dishonest manufacturer. In a prize-fight men are classed. A lightweight fights with a light-weight; he never fights with a heavy-weight, and foul blows are not allowed.
My saddle is a strong but light-weight California model; that is, with pommel and cantle on a Whitman tree. It is fitted with gun-carrying case of the same leather and saddle-bag on the skirt of each side, and has a leather roll at the back strapped on to carry an extra jacket and a slicker. I use a small size of the New York mounted policemen's mackintosh, made by Goodyear.
From these he would gather some indication of what he might expect to find when he entered the ring. He would not have to fight for some time yet. In the drawing for numbers, which had taken place in the dressing-room, he had picked a three. There would be another light-weight battle before he was called upon.
Moriarty had won the light-weight in the previous year, but, by reason of putting on a stone since the competition, was now no longer eligible for that class. O'Hara had not been up before, but the Wrykyn instructor, a good judge of pugilistic form, was of opinion that he ought to stand an excellent chance.
Stafford went into the box and looked at the horse. It was a magnificent, light-weight hunter the kind of horse that makes a riding-man's heart jump. "I should say that there are not two better horses of their sort in the county," Stafford said, solemnly, and with a flush of his handsome face. Sir Stephen's eyes gleamed. "That's all right: they can't be too good, Stafford."
Then suddenly "Bill," who sat in the seat beside her, pulled a light-weight muffler from his pocket and tied it over Helen's eyes, saying coarsely: "Not that I'm afraid you'll do any mischief with those pretty eyes of yours, but we may as well guard against accidents. You couldn't trace this route again, anyway, could you?" Helen did not attempt to answer with either a shake or a nod of her head.
"Well, that is tyranny!" exclaimed Lucilla, "and if I were a Freshman I wouldn't stand it." "Ah! but if you didn't you might have something worse to stand," laughed Walter. Then he went on, "I must tell you about the cane spree. They have it at the time of the first full moon. The players are three men from each class one light-weight, one middle, and one heavy-weight.
So I gave in, for I hadn't the heart to go dead against his wishes, as I used to do. Besides, he'd have had to put up the coin, which he refused to do. So I moped around the clubs, backed the light-weight champion of the hour for a big match, put up a pile of money on him, and saw it fade away and take with it my trust in champions.
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