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soon bewail to rise in the bettinof, and about a 

 fortnight before the races he had advanced to 5 to i. 

 As I stood to win no/, to 8/., I therefore deter- 

 mined to make myself safe, so with a sporting 

 parson, who was an old friend of mine, I laid 40/. 

 to 8/. against the horse. I thus stood to win 70/. 

 to nothing. Needless to say West Australian 

 won. I was so delighted that on the following 

 Saturday, on seeing the reverend gentleman, I 

 gladly gave him a cheque for 40/. Such was my 

 terrible luck that I have never, from that day to 

 this, received my 1 10/., or a single farthing of it, 

 so that instead of receiving my 1 10/., my banking 

 account was 40/. the less. I then determined never 

 again to stake more than 5/. on any race, and I 

 have kept my word. ' Sic transit gloria mundi.' 



It may interest some of my readers to mention 

 one or two singular circumstances which are not 

 generally known on the ' Running Rein ' case, when 

 it was proved that the horse was a four-year-old, 

 and, although he had won, the race was given to 

 Colonel Peel's Orlando, who was second. The 

 conspirators, led by Goodman Levi, and others of 

 the Hebrew fraternity, had arranged to win with 

 another four or perhaps five-year-old horse, 

 named Leander, who they had backed heavily, 

 when, on rounding Tattenham Corner, he was 

 knocked over, and broke his thigh. The poor 

 brute was killed, and the same evening was buried 

 near the course. After the ' Running Rein ' trial, 

 and the jury had given the race against him, it was 



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