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about, in such enterprises. So have many been 

 ruined by racing, there are rogues (and to spare) 

 in racing transactions, some rogues among those 

 who keep racehorses, and an equal number of 

 thoughtless, confiding, and speculative persons 

 dabbling in racing enterprise who know little 

 about the matter, this says nothing; as well 

 might we object to the funds because many 

 persons have burnt their fingers by dabbling in 

 them. Railroads, in themselves, we have found 

 to be beneficial to the country on the broad 

 scale, so are the funds, so is racing, it is only 

 with the administration of either we have to 

 find fault, and the folly of persons trusting to 

 their own views of either. 



We have close on one-hundred-and-fifty 

 meetings in the year at recognised places of 

 sport, and something like six-hundred-and-eighty 

 avowed owners of race horses, it is easy to 

 judge this must occasion an astounding circulation 

 of money ; we are told the circulation of money 



