244 RACING, PAST AND PRESENT. 



robbery ? ^ But the subject of betting generally will occupy 

 our attention in the next chapter. 



^ The following appeared in the Evening Standard, of Friday, March the 30th, 

 1877 : — " In the list of bankrupts figured a nobleman, heir to large estates, who 

 had given bills for large amounts ; amongst other items stood conspicuously one 



of ^2,000, given to Mr. S D , vv^ho of course owed his friend, a 



Mr. K , money, and handed him the acceptance. The valuable con- 

 sideration that was to be given for the bill was to consist of cigars ; but on exam- 

 ination it turned out that only a box of the value of ^^5 was supplied to his 

 lordship." 



