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" So must I ! " said the other. 



"• I'll tell you what to do ; you go and tell 

 So-and-so " (mentioning the name of a bookmaker) 

 " that the horse from your training quarter is no 

 good, and he must ' get something out of it,' 

 and I will do likewise with my bookie. That 

 is the surest way that I can see." 



" If your horse gets beaten," said one, " you 

 will be able to draw from your man. It my 

 horse gets beaten I shall receive from mine, so 

 that in any case we are sure of something, and 

 what we obtain we'll divide." 



The two worthies went to their respective 

 clients and told them this tale. 



Fortunately for the pair, an outsider won the 

 race, and when they went up to their respective 

 masters with the " What did I tell you ? " the 

 layers had had such a good race that they paid 

 out liberally for the supposed good tips. 



It was only to old pals that these two cronies 

 used to tell this yarn, and it will be seen that even 

 the bookmaker cannot always place thorough 

 reliance on touts ; and there is not the slightest 

 doubt that, when it paid them to do so, the 

 worst type would just as soon sell their masters 

 as not. It must not, however, be thought for 

 a moment that all touts are as callous as 



