398 TURF. 



equally fafe from detedion j as giving a 

 horfe water in the night previous to the 

 day of running ; or throwing a mild ca- 

 thartic\ or ftro7ig diuretic into the body, 

 to produce indiipofition, and prevent the 

 POSSIBILITY of a horfe winning, when 

 it is determined by the cabinet coun- 

 cil, that it is for the general good he muft 

 LOSE. If any rational being, any generous 

 unfufpedting fportfman, or any juvenile no- 

 viciate, has the moft llender doubt re- 

 maining of thefe pradiccs, let me render 

 the matter decifive, and bring it to a ne- 

 ceflary conclufion, by a fingle quellion that 

 will not require a moment's difcuffion in 

 reply. 



By what other means than thofe al- 

 ready delcribed between the family and 

 THE riders, have the numbers that are 

 well known, and that we conftantly fee 

 in the height oj bufinefs in every , popu- 

 lous betting ring, arilen to a ftate of opu- 

 lence ? What can have exalted men who 

 were bankrupts in trade ; poft-chaife 

 drivers, hair-dreffers, waiters, footmen, 

 nay, the lowefl clafs of gamblers, (that ab- 



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