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tempters horses and men would run on and win 

 by their merits ; but this can never be the 

 case, so all we can do is to keep horse and 

 man under our eye (if we can) and let no one 

 approach either. 



That there is not the same watchfulness exer- 

 cised or expense gone to in order to get at a man 

 engaged in a match that there is to get at a 

 horse engaged in the Derby must be held as 

 a matter of course, but the money to be made 

 by influencing the man may be as much to 

 the one man as that to be gained by the 

 other, if he can hocus the horse, may be to 

 him, so each in their way are on the alert to 

 do either. 



If on the one band I hold pedestrianism as 

 doing little public harm, I am quite prepared 

 to admit it does as little public good. It is 

 as yet principally confined to known public run- 

 ners and walkers, and while it is so can be of 

 no benefit to society at large. 



