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the days prior to the telegraph and training reports, 

 that Fred Swindell, like Harry Hill and others, derived 

 the bulk of his lame fortune.' 



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And well may the result named have been attained. 

 For with Hill offering to lay, and Gully to back, and 

 Joshua Arnold willing to do either or both — all being 

 confederates — the public was completely mystified by 

 the adroit art of these professors, and could not pos- 

 sibly know what would be the course which, in their 

 own interest, it would be best to pursue. So far, per- 

 haps, there was nothing illegitimate in such action. 

 But we must remember that many of those employed, 

 partly from innate dishonesty, and partly from the 

 example set them by their employers, become worse 

 than their instructors ; and not content with laying 

 against ' dead uns,' took to laying on their own 

 account against the horses they had undertaken to 

 back for their owners. Moreover, to carry the system 

 to success, it became necessary to bring into requisi- 

 tion the services of stable-boys, jockeys, and others. 

 And their aid was secured in a manner to defy detec- 

 tion. What evil motives have not been, as the result 

 of these nefarious practices, rightly or wrongly im- 

 puted to well-known jockeys, who, in consequence, 

 have suffered the severest penalties ? Or it may be 

 again asked, how many disreputable ' commissioners ' 

 have not made their fortunes out of these dishonest 

 manoeuvres at the expense of their confiding patrons % 



To Messrs. Gully, Hill, and their confederates may 



