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money in the pockets of a set of scoundrels, whose 

 doings ought to be exposed in the public papers. 

 Patience, my good sir I you have really had a very 

 good but somewhat expensive lesson, as regards mix- 

 ing yourself up with things of which you had no 

 earthly knowledge : you went on the colt's previous 

 performances and on his public running; now in 

 this case there is no occasion to put the circumstance 

 in the public journals. Here has been no sell, no 

 robbery at all ; the colt ran in a race of a mile, he 

 was beaten ; the horse that ran against him was also 

 beaten ; but you seem to forget that this was quite a 

 different race ; it was two miles and a half, run at a 

 pace that quite suited the colt, who had not a chance 

 in the former race ; his trainer knew this, and pro- 

 bably availed himself of that knowledge for his own 

 and his employer's pocket. '' Well," says our suf- 

 ferer, " I am obliged for this information ; I shall 

 be wiser in future for it." ''You will; but not 

 sufficiently wise to get any good by racing ; show 

 5'our wisdom by not attempting to retrieve your 

 losses, for depend on it, there are many things that 



