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is authentic. It shows how the sport is carried 

 on : the dramatis persona take spectators into their 

 confidence, behind the scenes, as it were ; and it is 

 hoped that these chapters will appeal both to lovers 

 of the Turf, who may like to see to what extent 

 their theories and ideas are sustained or contradicted, 

 and also to readers to whom the Racing World is 

 unknown territory, and its inhabitants creatures of 

 mystery. 



ALFRED E. T. WATSON. 



II Albert Court, 



Kensington Gore, 

 April^ 1904. 



