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contrary, that he must consider his horse as the pro- 

 perty of the public ; and that, instead of his being at 

 liberty to consult his own interest or pleasure as to 

 the disposal or running of his horse, he must consider 

 only that of the public. We will suppose he had 

 entered his horse for some Stake on the Monday, and 

 also for another on the following Wednesday, and 

 that for some reason or other he was in a great mea- 

 sure indifferent as to winning the Monday's race, but 

 particularly anxious to win that on the Wednesday, 

 simply, perhaps, because he had said he would win 

 that particular race, or that some one's horse was in 

 it that he was particularly emulous to beat. Now, 

 one might very naturally infer that a man had a right 

 to give his Jockey something like these instructions : 

 " Now, George, I am particularly anxious to win the 

 Stakes on Wednesday : if you find you can win to-day 

 at your ease, do so ; if, on the contrary, you find you 

 will have to take a great deal out of your horse to 

 win, pull up at once, for we must not be beat on 

 Wednesday if we can help it." There certainly does 

 not appear any thing very unreasonable in supposing 

 that a man has a right to forego winning money if 

 he chooses to do so : but the betting fraternity will 

 tell you that you do not possess this right ; and if 

 you do exercise it, let me recommend you a porter to 

 carry the load of abuse awaiting you; your own 

 shoulders will in no way suffice for the purpose. 

 You will be told that you have a right to lose your 

 own money if you please, but that you have no right 

 to lose that of other persons: that your horse had 

 been backed heavily to win ; consequently he ought 

 to have been made to win if possible : in short, so 

 long as whip and spur could avail, they ought to 



