Vronsky joined the crowd unnoticed, almost at the moment that the bell rang to announce the end of the race, and the tall officer of the horse-guards all bespattered with mud, who had come in first; was bending down in his saddle, loosening the reins of his grey gelding, which was dark with perspiration and panting heavily.
Un grupo de oficiales y soldados expresaba con sonoras aclamaciones su alegría por el triunfo de su oficial y camarada. Vronsky se mezcló en el grupo, sin atraer la atención, casi a la vez que sonaba la campana anunciando el final de la carrera.