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profitably spent in the paddock or Tattersalls finding 

 out exactly what is happening and what the impres- 

 sions of others may be. There is always the chance of 

 meeting owners and trainers and getting a pointer. 

 In the case of those who work all the afternoon in 

 the Press room they have nearly finished when they 

 leave. 



It is impossible to mention all those I have met with 

 on the English racing Press, and there must be no 

 offence if one or more has been left out. I can see 

 them all sitting round in that Press room at Ascot, 

 Epsom or Newmarket doing their work. That good 

 fellow, Jim Smith, who doubled the part of " Vigilant " 

 and the article in the Morning Post for some time, 

 is a son of " Rosebery " Smith. Jim Smith once 

 laughed at me at Goodwood for fancying White Eagle 

 for the St Leger, and laid me a hundred to seven : 

 he had to back the horse back. Poor fellow, he has 

 suffered in health distressingly. He knows everyone 

 and, apart from his knowledge, he is, I suppose, the 

 neatest worker of them all ; how the telegraph 

 operators must bless him. 



Then there is the excellent Phipps — capable para- 

 graphist and friend of all sorts of people. He loves his 

 London life and his long winter holiday abroad. He 

 was the loudest and most sincere in giving me his fullest 

 sympathy over my experiences with that " darn " 

 club at Newmarket — and he meant it. 



" Charlie " Green is a veteran of the sporting Press. 

 He is one of the most valued members of the Sports- 

 man staff. He it is who supplies all the arrivals and 

 scratchings, as well as many other odd bits of informa- 

 tion without which the best part of the daily Press of 

 the kingdom would starve, for it must not be supposed 

 that each paper gets its own information. They rely 



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