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errors they are from lapse of meraory not from any 

 intention to misrepresent. It is customary for some 

 writers of books to call publishers nasty names. I 

 have never found occasion for this. I sometimes 

 think the boot might rightly be placed on the other 

 leg and publishers could, no doubt, say unutterable 

 things of authors. In sporting parlance I never care 

 how much a publisher makes out of me provided I get 

 my '^ whack/' which, so far, I consider I have done. 



I started with a preliminary canter and have 

 finished my course. I hope the staying powers of my 

 readers have not been too sorely tried. I can only 

 hope they have enjoyed my yarn as much as I did 

 those ten years ^^ On and Off the Turf in Australia.'^ 



THE END. 



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