Hey Richard, I could rent you a conus magnificus motivator. I hear they work better than a riding crop for making a lynx hit high gear... Cheers, Don > > The gambling was quite heavy. The Australians here will bet on anything that > moves. My Lynx was odds-on favourite. They all knew I had been training him. > I staked the bank on him as well. > > The great race was won by a nippy little Stolida, in a close photo-finish > with two hydrodynamically streamlined Isabellas. Pirate Pete's Arabica came > in last. He tried to cheat by doping it with a drop of rum on its tail. > > All the cowries did very well, streaking along like yearling fillies. They > cleared the jumps like veteran steeplechasers. Except for my Lynx. > > My Lynx just stayed pat on the starting line. > > He didn't even budge. >