" Wasting" and Walking 



ingenious punter who, having followed the advice 

 of a firm of tipsters, found that he was money 

 out of pocket. Smarting from his wounds, he 

 sought out those prophets — one of them described 

 himself as "late jockey," and the other said he 

 had been a head lad riding trials — for the purpose 

 of testing their position and veracity. They did 

 not expect his visit, or no doubt they would have 

 made arrangements for his reception. " My first 

 tipster, the ' late jockey,' " he said, " was about 

 16 st., and the one who was riding trials had a 

 wooden leg, also a wooden head, so between the 

 two stools — I mean fools — no wonder I came to 

 the ground with no end of a crash." 



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