82 THE HORSE. 



alike ; they may be ignorant, and usually 

 are, of the qualities proper to a good horse, 

 and yet we find such people backing their 

 opinions with money on a subject about 

 which they possess little if any knowledge. 

 What does this thirst for gambling 

 lead to ? The aristocrat often forfeits his 

 broad acres, and attempts with the little 

 property left to borrow money hi order 

 to enable him to recover his estates by 

 the same which caused his first loss. 

 Vain hope. Alas ! Vana spe illusit imago ! 



Many of us could report how many 

 an Oxford undergraduate's career has 

 been marred by the love of gambling. 

 How often the retired coachman who has 

 accumulated property, or has been left 

 sufficient money by his previous em- 

 ployer to keep the frowns of the world 



