SIXTY YEARS ON THE TURF 



spirit, I remarked : " I hope you haven't been losing 

 any more watches, Mr. Weatherby." 



" Oh, Hodgy," he said, " unthinkingly I put it on 

 again." 



" And ? " 



" It went. But, Hodgy, mark my word, it's gone 

 for good. There are no more tenners. The beggars 

 thought they had an annuity. But they've got the 

 old thing, and they can keep it." 



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