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was to marry also found mild amusement in the sport ; 

 but he will not bet recklessly or heavily. As for Moss, 

 that Second October Meeting finished him ; for in the 

 attempt to get his money back the usual fate befell him ; 

 he lost more, ' went for the gloves,' missed them, and 

 his account was in consequence missing likewise on the 

 following Monday. The turf knows him no more, and 

 its state is by so much the more gracious. 



