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ation of news is the outcome of reporters' work, 

 and all tending to one end — the correct antici- 

 pation of some pending racing event. 



Tipsters are a varied class. There are the 

 newspaper prophets — many with an immense 

 following ; the touts at training centres who act 

 for the various journals ; men similarly employed 

 to report on behalf of leading bookmakers or 

 professional backers who bet " to money " ; 

 advertising tipsters who remain at home, and the 

 men who prate to whatever crowds they can 

 gather round them on racecourses. The 

 last-named body are, of course, a very rough lot, 

 usually ex-stable lads. Their charge for the 

 opinion they offer varies according to immediately 

 preceding success or failure from threepence to a 

 shilling. To the holiday mobs who know little or 

 nothing about the sport their stable language 

 appeals strongly, and there is no doubt they do get 

 an inkling of things at times from their former 

 companions, the boys who are in charge of horses 

 at meetings, with whom they hob-nob night and 

 morning. Trainers, in fact, often consider their 

 " lads " more trouble than their horses. What the 

 course tipsters get they undoubtedly earn ; but 

 this class of business is rapidly dying out, as even 

 men who only occasionally go racing are well 



