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aristocratic acquaintance. The latter said : " I'm 

 frightfully sorry ; it's too ridiculous, for I'm afraid that 

 I have owed you eight hundred pounds for over a 

 year ; I haven't been racing since." George Cooper 

 hastened to reassure him : " I'm perfectly certain, my 

 lord, that will be all right, as I suppose you'll pay me 

 some day." And then at once switched the topic off 

 to something else. 



Can you beat such perfect manners ? Could you 

 picture the few of the little friends we know nowadays 

 sitting near : they would be waiting outside the restaur- 

 ant door to claim an eight-hundred-pound debtor. 

 This is not said feelingly, for the experience of a life- 

 time is that men in the ring will show a great deal more 

 kindness to a man who is under the weather than many 

 of those who do their business staying at home. Of 

 course in the latter category you must not think that 

 such men as Loo Levy and his brother Ted and a few 

 others are included. Loo is a little prince in his way, 

 and I should say quite the most popular of all turf 

 commission agents, whether he be in his office or in 

 Bohemxian resorts. In his business he is liberal in odds 

 and accommodating, and outside 46 Pall Mall is 

 a wonderful host. Good nature and extraordinary 

 amiability endear him to a circle of friends, in the 

 number of which he is to be envied. I should say that 

 he hadn't an enemy, nor even one who would give him 

 what might be called the knocking word, either under 

 disappointment or any temporary annoyance. 



Ted Levy, who is partner in the biggest firm of 

 advertising bookmakers, is different in personality to 

 Loo, but resembles the other in all the good nature and 

 sympathy for friends' and clients' luck. How Ted 

 would miss the Tivoli when it closed in this year of 1914 

 to be rebuilt. It was quite his evening club. Loo is 



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