CHAPTER XXXI 



SUCCESSFUL TIPPING 



The " Awful Example " — Topping the List — Spearmint's Trial — 

 Frankhn's Earnestness — IncreduUty about Gallop — Haggling for 

 a Price — Great Horses of 1906 — Dillon's Ride at Longchamp 



Of course successful tipping can help a paper, and I 

 have to thank the Daily News for publishing certain 

 figures at the end of two or three racing seasons which 

 had been compiled by or for Canon Horsley. These 

 statistics were published to show how futile it was for 

 anyone to take up betting on horse racing ; and then 

 followed, in the order of profit or loss, a list of the daily 

 papers and their tips. The Express was at the top of 

 the list for three seasons, and then the feature in the 

 Daily News was dropped. It may not be in good taste, 

 but I must say it, as I am only going by the statistics 

 of anti-gamblers, but I was the only one in one season to 

 show a profit at all, the others all coming out at a loss. 

 This is just as it happened, for I do not claim second 

 sight, although there have been curious intuitions on 

 occasions. Another point about it is that I have 

 always been prepared to stick to my own opinions 

 even when a horse was at long odds, and there was 

 little encouragement from others to support him, and 

 a success in this direction helps the record of winning 

 points. After an outsider has won a race one of my 

 confreres has frequently come up to me and said : " I 

 suppose that's one of yours, isn't it ? " It is such a 

 satisfaction when an affirmative answer can be given. 

 Of course with anyone giving tips there has to be a 



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