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chances are most probably greatly in his favour ; but 

 the man who risks ruin against independence on the 

 turf, does so with the odds highly against him. 

 " Take any form but this," and he may console himself 

 by saying, '* He does greatly who dares greatly ;" 

 but, in racing, he will, in most cases, be forced to 

 confess, that, in daring greatly, he has done fool- 

 ishly. 



We will now look a little into dealing in horses as 

 a means of making money — and a ver}^ money- 

 making trade it is, taking it in a general way, in all 

 its bearings — and is one in which a man may suit his 

 dealing not only to his capital, but to his disposition 

 and propensities : money is to be made by it, from 

 the lowest and most rascally " coping" to the most 

 honest, straightforward, and honourable conduct 

 trade admits of — from the Smithfield for tj?-- shilling 

 Garon to the first-class hunter or magnificent cab 

 horse. From the respectable but coarse vulgarian, 

 who, in his leatlier gaiters or pig-jobbing description 

 of top-boots, stands behind his string at a country 

 fair, to the exquisite, whos.e bow that welcomes us to 



