246 TALES OF THE TURF. 



On being told that that doesn't entitle him to a badge ; 

 that Jim Goosenest hasn't even paid $i for training priv- 

 ileges and has his stall rent for nothing, he leaves, but 

 with the indelible impression, which nothing on earth will 

 ever remove, that he is an outraged victim of that bunco- 

 steering, swindling secretary. 



And the bill-poster and advertiser come around with 

 their bills. 



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April i, 1892. 

 "Why don't you brace up and have a little more liber- 

 ality? Why, look at that association up in Michigan, that 

 one up in Indiana, in Iowa, and even in Tennessee ! 

 They're up with the times, and each offers $100,000 in 

 premiums at 1 per cent, entrance; they are progressive 

 and liberal and know how to run an association. The old 

 Grand Circuit is a back number — a story that has been 



told. Why the Circuit advertises $2,000,000 in 



premiums." 



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The cardinal principle of a secretary's religion is to 

 get entries ; to make a trainer believe he can't lose with a 

 horse that in his inmost soul the secretary fears will get 

 "shut out" the first heat. The one redeeming feature that 

 lightens his conscience is the reflection that often the rank 

 outsider in reality wins and beats the sure tip to a stand- 

 still. 



The finesse, the fertility of arguments and suggestions 

 of a secretary, when foraging for entries, is the standard 

 by which he is measured. Just when friendly and confi- 

 dential persuasion should, from business policy, cease, and 

 dignified indifference commence, is the fine art of an entry 

 solicitor. He exhausts all his arguments of the benefits 



