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playing whist for shilliDg instead of guinea points. 

 The man of large means, with a spice of the love of 

 gambling in him, can feel neither interest nor ex- 

 citement, unless he plays for high stakes. The noble, 

 or man of large means, runs for the Derby, Leger, 

 and two thousand : he would feel it beneath him to 

 run for a paltry fifty ; but let him not sneer at the 

 man who does. Each have their amusement ; and 

 if there even is anything derogatory in a man running 

 for small prizes whose means or inclination does not 

 permit his running for large ones, it is equally so in 

 the man of larger means running his horse for larger 

 ones — that is, if both try to make money by it ; and 

 this I have no hesitation in saying, setting aside 

 the owner, the trainer, and the jockey, there are 

 more of the refuse of society, more of those who are 

 a disgrace to mankind, who are interested, one way or 

 another, about the two great races, the Derby and 

 Leger, than there are about all the leather -plating in 

 England. This is, however, all as it should be : the 

 man of large fortune encourages racing by running 

 for large stakes ; it is not his fault, but his misfor- 



