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If I was to take your money I'd be ashamed ever to look 

 the boss in the face again. ' ' 



And the gambler knowing now that it was impossible 

 to corrupt the old cripple, went out, fixed the other horses 

 starting against Charlemagne and played the Canadian 

 horse down to 5 to 2 to win, thus raking in sure money. 



There is no doubt that Mr. Dawes occasionally won 

 races through that sort of work being played by the 

 gambling fraternity. The gang, finding that Owens was 

 incorruptible, often laid their plans to make a sure thing 

 by "stopping" other horses and playing their bank roll 

 on the Lachine stable. In this connection a very good 

 story is credited to Meany, the well-known cross-country 

 rider. He was riding one of Mr. Dawes' jumpers in a 

 steeplechase, winning with consummate ease, and when 

 asked by Owens after he weighed out how he got along, 

 he chuckled out the following: 



' ' Get along, Frank, why divil a nicer ride I iver had in 

 all my life. Such nice plisint gintlemen, I never met 

 before. When I'd come to a lep, they'd all pull to one 

 side as much as to say, 'we wish you safely over, Meany,* 

 and be me soul I think they did. They just shoo'd me 

 along, as it were. ' ' 



Meany sized the situation correctly. They were all 

 backing his mount. 



