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person. The gentleman who bets, independent 

 of any feeling of depression or elevation conse- 

 quent on the gains or losses he has experienced, 

 is actuated by gratification or its reverse, by the 

 success or failure of the horse he has backed. 

 If his own this is easy to conceive to be likely 

 to be the case, and he cannot help showing it; if 

 the horse belons:s to another he feels his 

 judgment flattered or the reverse by the issue 

 of the event, and he cannot avoid showing this 

 also ; consequently you can usually tell by his 

 demeanour whether he has been successful or not. 

 Now all this is unfelt by the better. He knows 

 nothing about the horse, consequently, feels no 

 interest in him, or is jealous of his judgment 

 being impugned, or cares one farthing should he 

 be complimented on being correct. His betting 

 is a business, a trade in which he has no 

 pride but deep interest. 



He knows, probably, nothing, and cares as 

 little whether a horse be a fast one, or one 



