THE TURF. 
had a person betting for him by commission, and perhaps 
against the very horses he himself was bringing to the 
post reducing such bets to a certainty ! The evil of 
trainers becoming bettors has no bounds ; for when once 
they enter upon it, it is in vain to say to what extent 
the pursuit may lead them. Look to the case of Lord 
Exeter's late trainer, examined before the Jockey Club. 
He admitted having betted three hundred pounds against 
one of his master's horses. Was there any harm in that 
individual act ? None : because he had previously 
betted largely that the horse would win, and he had 
recourse to the usual, indeed to the only, means of 
securing himself from loss on finding that he was going 
wrong. But we maintain, that he had no right, as 
Lord Exeter's trainer and servant, to bet to an amount 
requiring such steps to be taken. Again ; who betted 
the three hundred pounds hedging-money for him ? 
Let those who inquired into the affair answer that ! 
Now what security had Lord Exeter that all the money 
had not been laid out against his horse, and then, we 
may ask, where was his chance to win ? Moreover, if 
trainers subject themselves to such heavy losses for 
this man, it seems, had a large sum depending on the 
event there is too much reason to fear they may be 
recovered at their masters' expense.* 
* This trainer sued a public betting man this last year for three thou 
sand pounds on a bill given the June or July after the Derby, which the 
latter won and in which the former had a great public favourite, who was 
nowhere in the race ! 
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