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the winning some day of thirty, forty, or 

 fifty thousand may only be accompHshed by a 

 couple of inches — a nose, in the slang of the turf; 

 indeed, a horse is sometimes said, when the con- 

 test is a notably close one, to win by the skin of 

 its teeth. Under such circumstances, it is con- 

 soling to those interested to know that " the man 

 in the box " is above suspicion. 



