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and third. How Jerry would have fared had 

 Lottery kept on his legs, may easily be imagined. 

 Time : i 2 minutes 30 seconds. 



The betting in connection with Lottery had been 

 of a most perplexing character all through the 

 piece. Though for some time past he had been 

 freely operated against in town, he came to 5 to 4 

 a week previous to the race. The night before, 

 however, the odds expanded to 2 to i. to be 

 increased to 4 to i on the day. Report had it 

 that Elmore was interested in Jerry, some indeed 

 went so far as to say that he actually owned that 

 horse. 



This, however, was not the fact, as though 

 the horse once belonged to Elmore when Jerry 

 ran at Liverpool, he was the property of Lord 

 Sheffield, though for private reasons he ran in the 

 name of Mr. Yillebois. 



That the fall of Lottery at the wall was a bitter 

 disappointment to his countless admirers goes with- 

 out saying, and these let themselves go on the 

 subject to such an extent as to call forth the follow- 

 ing letter from the PLditor of Bell s Life in Loudon, 

 in the next Sunday's edition of his paper. 



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