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to win, fhould prove produdive of bets, 

 bell: fuiting the convenience of the fa- 

 mily. However, to render this perfeftly 

 clear, let us confirm the fad: by a ftate- 

 ment not to be mifunderftood. Suppofe 

 the owner of a horfe compenfates a rider, 

 that he engages from an idea of his fu- 

 perior ability, reputed integrity, or upon 

 recommendation, with a promife of five 

 guineas certain to ride according to inflruc- 

 tions for each ht^at, and a conditional fivs 

 or ten extra, if he wins. What can be x.'^)£^ 

 utmoft emolument to him by winning ? 

 Why, as before ftated, either ten or fif- 

 teen GUINEAS ! While, on the contrary, 

 if the liorfe is of character and qualifi- 

 cations, and the odds run a little in his 

 fiivour for the iaft heat ; the induftrious 

 efforts of the rider's confederates, ^vho are 

 taking thofe very odds laid upon the horfe^ 

 (that it is already predetermined fhall lofe) 

 they accumulate and divide much larger fums 

 to a certainty^ without the chance of lofing 

 a fingle guinea. 



I fliall not defcend to an enumeration of 

 a variety of pradices that render plunder 



equally 



