AMERICUS GIRL AND OTHERS 



other prominent pleaders in their time, with many 

 phases of hfe, and a thorough knowledge of the finer 

 points of the turf. It has struck me in many celebrated 

 cases which have been tried within my memory that 

 on various occasions a good case has been prejudiced 

 by the insufficiency of knowledge displayed by counsel 

 in connection with the facts they have to handle. 

 It is not always the particular weight with regard to 

 prestige and seniority which wins causes celehres, 

 but that thorough acquaintance with those who 

 participate in a world which may not be quite known 

 by a certain minority. I can hear a quibble here, 

 and some suggesting that I should say " majority " ; 

 nevertheless I am firmly convinced that nowadays it 

 is the lesser number of the male population which is 

 unacquainted with the greatest of all sports. 



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