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fourteen miles an hour, and no more ; this enabled 

 him to pass common horses on the road, and made 

 him fancy he had a trotter. He, however, paid for 

 his mistake, when his horse was tried against one 

 that really was worthy the name. 



The chief way in which money is made by trot- 

 ters, is not the most honourable one : it is done by 

 matching them against another horse, or time, under a 

 false description. In places where their true character 

 is not known, this is done, when trotting to win is 

 the game ; when it is not, the horse is correctly 

 described. His capabilities being known, plenty of 

 persons are ready to back him to win, whether 

 against an inferior horse or against time, the distance 

 in that being such as he is known capable of per- 

 forming. Of course, agents are employed to get the 

 money on against him : the result may be guessed, to 

 the astonishment of those who backed him ; he, of 

 course, loses. Probably a cry of indignation is raised 

 by those who have been *' put in the hole ;" they 

 can only express their opinion, for proof is wanting. 

 Many excuses are framed for the horse being beateu, 



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