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type of this lucky race of men was the celebrated Mr. 

 Hutchinson, of Shipton, near York, who, at fifteen years 

 of age, being then a stable boy, won a bet (in 1751, 

 more than a hundred and thirty years ago), which ' set 

 him up,' until he became ' a squire,' the owner of many 

 a celebrated race horse of the ' good old times,' and a 

 friend and rival of the Eeverend Mr. Goodricke, Pre- 

 bendary of York Minster, who was supposed to be the 

 best judge of race horses (of which he possessed a 

 famous stud) at that epoch. It is sad, perhaps, to think 

 that such examples of success in a very questionable line 

 of ' industry ' may exercise a strong fascination over 

 the young and lead to the ruin of thousands. 



The French, having ' le Turf,' and ' le Tattersall,' 

 and ' le Ring,' could not, of course, go without their 

 ' organ ' or ' organs ' (more ' special ' than the old 

 ' Journal des Haras ') in the way of ' sporting papers.' 

 The first of these was ' Le Sport,' founded by M. 

 Eugene Chapus, in the early days of the French Jockey 

 Club, and by him it was afterwards made over to M. de 

 Saint-Albin (Lagayere), who died in August 1878, and 

 whose son, the present M. Albert de Saint-Albin (the 

 ' Eobert Milton ' of ' Le Figaro ') continues it to this 

 day. By degrees the number of sporting papers of 

 course increased and multiplied. After ' Le Sport ' 

 came ' Le Jockey,' ' Le Derby,' and ' Le Journal des 

 Courses,' and now ' the races ' are made a special feature 

 in all the following papers : ' Le Sport,' ' Le Jockey,' 

 ' L'Entraineur,' ' Vie Sportive,' ' Paris-Sport,' ' Echo du 

 Sport,' ' Revue des Sports,' ' Chronique du Turf,' 

 ' France Chevaline,' ' Journal des Haras,' ' Le Figaro,' 

 ' Le Gaulois,' ' Le Gil-Bias,' ' Le Voltaire,' ' L'Echo de 

 Paris,' 'Le Soir,' 'La Repubhque Fran9aise,' 'Le Matin,' 

 ' Le Temps,' ' Le Siecle,' ' La France,' ' La Liberte,' ' Le 



