EARNING CREDIT 



thirty on at five to one. He never forgot the 

 experience, for it looked at one time that the day 

 would have to be brazened out, for his horse, who was 

 very lazy, made a slow beginning. A hundred and 

 fifty yards from home he was still a couple of lengths 

 behind, with the favourite going smoothly. On they 

 came, and only fifty yards to go. Then the favourite 

 shut up, round went his tail and he swerved badly : the 

 favourite was beaten by a neck. After the following 

 race they were all paid and the credit was restored. 

 The following Monday he had seven hundred pounds 

 to the good on balance. This is a perfectly true story, 

 and I daresay " A " would not mind me mentioning 

 his name, but still, he might have to go through it 

 again. 



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