CHAPTER XVIII 



CAPTAIN SHABBYHOUNDE 



EXT to the man who is 

 always wanting to bet 

 with you, the man who 

 is always wanting to sell 

 you a horse is the most 

 disagreeable. Most of 

 our readers, we doubt 

 not, have some squarey, 

 slangy, " I'11-lay-you-two- 

 to-one-of-t/iat " sort of 

 person, among their ac- 

 quaintance, and many, doubtless, are oppressed 

 with an — " I'll sell you a horse," friend, while some 

 will recognise in Captain Shabbyhounde a genius 

 combining both these amiable, characteristic, and 

 enterprising qualities. 



Both the above figures of speech are sometimes 

 taken up by young men at the outset of life, more 

 because they think it sounds fine than from any real 

 inclination to " do " any one, as it is called, either in 

 betting or in horse dealing. It is a mistaken notion, 

 and one that we dare say only requires the exposing 

 hand of our Analysis to correct. Slang and cant 

 have fortunately taken their departure from among 

 gentlemen, and have found refuge among the legiti- 

 mate denizens of the stable. The real betting man 



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