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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: through and finished putting up the bars. "You've never sufficiently
appreciated Dolly."
"No, no," he protested.
"You think she is too old, too sedate," Lute insisted. "She's only sixteen,
and she can outrun nine colts out of ten. Only she never cuts up. She's too
steady, and you don't approve of her--no, don't deny it, sir. I know. And I
know also that she can outrun your vaunted Washoe Ban. There! I challenge you!
And furthermore, you may ride her yourself. You know what Ban can do; so you
must ride Dolly and see for yourself what she can do."
They proceeded to exchange the saddles on the horses, glad of the diversion
and making the most of it.
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