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sailed by the doings of tipsters there is no doubt 

 whatever; and it not only continues, but goes on in- 

 creasing year by year. 



The methods employed by them are so familiar to 

 most of us, that anything in the nature of detailed 

 particulars would seem to be quite unnecessary. 



That there are tipsters and tipsters, in the sense 

 this phrase is understood, must be admitted. They 

 are all, however, more or less "tarred with the same 

 brush," inasmuch as the basis of operation, the idea 

 of their supposed business occupation, in the direc- 

 tion of being possessed of secret or stable informa- 

 tion concerning the chances of success horses may 

 have in races, to be of advantage to others in the 

 way of investments, though never availed of by 

 themselves, is founded in falsehood and misrep- 

 resentation. 



On the presumption of carrying on a system of 

 business in its character bona fide and honest, the 

 tipster, by the aid of advertisements in the news- 

 papers, and by circulars and pamphlets, which are 

 distributed by thousands, and, through the postal 

 medium, are made to find a way to reach the hands 

 of every desired person in schools, in colleges, in 

 shops and factories, and in private homes, there is 

 no limit to the chances of wrong committed. That 

 a wrong is committed we know only too well. The 



