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Langdon thought Crane just about the most complete hypocrite he 'd ever met ; that preacher face of his could look honorably pious while its owner raked in a cool forty thousand over the Trainer 's dirty work . However , that cut no figure , it was his ten thousand dollars Langdon was after . Just as they thought they had destroyed the chances of their strongest opponent , came a new disturbing feature . Other eyes than Dixon 's has seen Lauzanne 's strong gallop ; other watchers than his had ticked of the extraordinary good time , 2:11 for the mile and a quarter , with the horse seemingly running well within himself , never urged a foot of the journey , and finishing strong , was certainly almost good enough to warrant his winning . This information had been brought to Langdon , but he also had observed the gallop . And the same boy was to ride Lauzanne in the race , he understood , for Redpath had been released , and was looking for another mount . It was n't in the natural order of things that one small stable would have in it two horses good enough to win the Derby , especially when one of them was a cast-off ; but there was the gallop ; time , like figures , did n't lie , not often ; and as he thought of it Langdon admitted that he had never seen such an improvement in a horse as had been made in Lauzanne .