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Mr. Dunlevy had made up his mind ': to buy a few 

 second-class race horses, and travel with the-m to the 

 minor race meetings when the flat race season com- 

 menced ; and in the mean time he would lay by for it 

 was only Christmas, and he had more sense than to risk 

 his money in steeple-chases. For, said he, BO many of 

 'em tumble and never get up again. 



During this interval he was joined in his lodgings in 

 Camden Town by his Irish confederate, Denny 0' Byrne, 

 who was better up in racing matters than himself, and 

 the brace managed to pick up half-a-dozen "leather 

 flappers," of more than average merit for second-rate 

 horses. The best of them, the " Queen of Hearts," 

 cleared the cost of the whole, the second time she ran 

 all the others being squared, and their owners making 

 more than the value of the stakes by the betting alone; 

 and Dunlevy was, on the whole (with Dunny's assist- 

 ance), very fortunate. They bought a better class of 

 horses, and entered them at better meetings, for much 

 higher stakes. 



Nearly two years had now elapsed since the " Horse 

 auction swindle," and Mr. Dunlevy, thinking that all 

 had blown over, made up his mind to enter two of his 

 horses to run at the Manchester September Meeting. 

 Denny O'Byrne was sent on, in charge of the horses, 

 the day before the races were commenced. They were 

 stabled at the Griffin Inn, near the race-course. There 

 is a nice bowling green at the Griffin, frequented by the 

 most respectable class of gentlemen who reside in the 



