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DERS, the heavy expenditure unavoidably 

 attendant upon travelling from one feat of 

 fport to another ; the very great probabi- 

 lity of accidents or breaking dov)n in run- 

 ning, with a long tram of uncertainties, 

 added to the infamous praftices of the 

 ** Black Legged'" fraternity, in perpetual 

 intercourfe and ajGTociation with both train- 

 ers and RIDERS ; leaving the cafual fportf- 

 man a very flender chance of winning one 

 bet in tejt, where any of this worti)y fo- 

 ciety are concerned ; which they generally 

 are by fome means, through the medium 

 of occafional emiffarics, mercenary agents, 

 or ftable dependants, in conitant pay for the 

 proftitution of every truft that has been im- 

 plicitly repofed in them by their too-credu- 

 lous employers. 



Such incontrovertible proofs may perhaps 

 appear matters of mere conjedure and fpecu- 

 lation to the young and inexperienced, who 

 will undoubtedly believe with reluctance, 

 what is fo evidently calculated to difcourage 

 the predominance of inclination ; and not 

 having explored the regions of difcovery, they 

 may be induced to flatter thenvfeives with an 

 opinion that fuch reprefentation is a delufion 



intended 



