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let well enough alone and not again try another plunge 

 of the same character, he answered: '*I never bet more 

 than $5, and I have not made more than one bet each 

 day I have been here. I have no desire to figure as a 

 plunger. ' * 



The case was one that rarely happens. Here was a 

 man destitute of any knowledge respecting the quality 

 or chances of the horses engaged in any of the races on 

 the day on which he made his bets; yet, in each and 

 every race on the card, six in number, he staked his 

 money and won. It was simply a case of blind luck and 

 such rarely happens to any man, least of all to the man 

 who wants good fortune as badly as he did on the mem- 

 orable day in question. 



