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money is to be made by some trick or other, 



that they consider that any one they may 



be engaged in will be so as a thing of 



course. It is in fact held by them to be, 



and is, one of the leading characteristics of 



steeple racing. There is, however, some excuse 



for such riders, that does not exist as regards 



their brethren of the flat : the first see the 



thing constantly done, the latter only occasionally. 



Steeple chases are not for such large sums as 



are frequently flat races, consequently, though 



they get better paid for a mount, win or lose, 



a winner cannot afibrd to make his jock the 



same present as can the winner of a flat race; 



thus, if a rider of a steeple race can make 



private bets insuring him fifty for winning or 



losing, as the case may be, it is a great 



temptation in cases where he anticipates only 



receiving twenty, with perhaps a five pounds 



more if he wins. 



A mere rider of steeple races has not the 

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