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`` He 'll get over that , '' said the old driver cheerily to Bud 's tearful gaze -- `` he ai n't used to it yet -- ten years , think of it , '' and Jack led Ben Butler blanketed away . The old man looked at the summary the judges had hung up . It was : _ 1st Heat : _ _ Trumps , 1st _ ; _ Lizzette , 2nd _ ; _ Ben Butler , 3rd _ ; _ Trombine distanced . _ _ Time _ , 2:17-1 / 2 . Then he heard a man swearing elegantly . It was Col. Troup . He was sitting in his sulky in front of the grand stand and talking to Travis and the genial Flecker : `` A most unprofessional thing , gentlemen , -- damned unprofessional , sah , to shut me out .