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thus turning the tables on him by winning? 

 Much more unhkely things have come to pass. 

 Now in the circular course he can see a little 

 of what is going on ; I say a little for it is 

 but little you can see, so as to be able to any 

 certainty to judge whether a rider rides to win 

 or not, 



I once overheard a noble lord say, " I don't 

 know how it is but when I ride my own 



horses I can win, but when I put up 



I am next to sure to lose." It was very 



ungrateful in , for, verily, my lord at 



one time treated him far more as his companion 

 than his jock. 



The getting in very light weights was a 

 great stroke of policy in favour of the betting 

 men. In the first place it prevented many 

 gentlemen riding ; this in itself was a host in 

 their favour. In the next, it let in a number 

 of horses belonging to themselves or friends, 

 that, so far from being as originally intended 



