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this is the man who furnished the brains originally for the 

 enterprise. 



I might go on and mention a half hundred men who are 

 noted for their nerve on the turf, but these will probably 

 suffice. I ought not to close, however, without saying 

 something concerning my old friends Dick Roche and Bob 

 Pate. In the whole country there are probably not two 

 gamer men than these. They are ready to hazard their last 

 dollar on any kind of a proposition and are gentlemen of 

 the old school. When they cash in their last stacks to the 

 Grim Banker, I want to be able to write on the scrolls for 

 them : 



" Here lie two honest men." 



