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against bim for the place were three to one, the invest- 

 ment, if he was backed both ways, would have proved a 

 profitable one. 



Figuring it out at the time proved that a five-dollar 

 bill invested to win and for place on the winner of each 

 race at the odds obtainable, parleyed through the card, 

 would have won a trifle over ten thousand dollars. Of 

 course such revelations as these are never forthcoming 

 until after the events have transpired. If they were, 

 millionaires would be as plentiful as skeeters in Temis- 

 caming in the fishing season. 



