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plumage. He has a goodly number of 

 private country clients on his book, to 

 whom he sends ''paddock wires;" and if 

 two horses seem to monopolize a race 

 pretty well between them, he, of course, 

 sends one as a cert, to half his clients, the 

 other half having the other gee as a snip, 

 so he has two strings to his bow, and 

 can't very well crab them all one day: 

 moreover, fresh mugs keep being born 

 as old ones die off. He has his regular 

 saddling paddock punters, too, with 

 whom he can be seen holding serious 

 converse in corners and behind shrubs. 

 What a gullish herd stay - at - home 

 backers are ! They don't bet till they 

 get something "sent" from such as 

 these or a discharged stable boy. Do 

 owners keep horses in training at enor- 

 mous expense to divulge their intentions 

 in these channels ? But your backer 



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