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MEN WHO BET.
A writer in London - " Referee" asks
wlio ;m* the men who bet?" and then
mentions some " frightful examples.”
“The 'eto Loid Chief Justice of Eng
land, Lord Hassell i>f Killowen, told me,
“ he says," a few years hack that he
had 17 huts t»i the Cesirowitch—and
lost them all (says the Sydney '* Daily
Telegraph.”) I do not know whether
another eminent judge now living, Lord
Hrampton. hetted, hut t have seen him
so earnestly watching races at Newmar
ket that it. certainly looked as jf his
name figured in sonic hook linkers vol
ume. 'J’liat a late Solicitor-Ucueral. Sir
Frank Lockwood, hacked horse* I hap
pen to know, because I have more than
once put inoiicy on for him, laird Rose*
hery is an cx-I'riiuo Minister. Did he
let Ladas and Sir Visto ‘run loose' at
Ep*om amt noiicnslcr? Had his invest
ments nothing to do with the favoritism
of Cicero? His long interviews with Mr.
t’oarli may have bruit on the subject of
European politics. Lord Rothschild and
his brothor, Mr. la’opold do Rothschild,
arc cipincnt philanthropists. I think
both of them bet. I am sure olio of
them does—mid why shouldn't lie? A
recent Chaplain of tho House «f Com
mons hotted habitually. When the Duke
of Portland won the Derby with Ayr
shire, l have the strongest reasons for
believing that tho money lie expended
in presents—the owner of a Derby win
ner has a great deal of exalted tipping
to do—eatiie from the ring. My ac
qmuiilar.ce with London police magis
trates lias always l*een slight, but 1 have
known two, and' Miey both betted; I
know one who bets still, and with excel
lent judgment. Not. long since I used
often .to .meet, at Sundown a hard-work
ing and most conscientious country
clergyman-who had a few sovereigns on
at any rate most of the races during
the afternoon. It scarcely seems prob
able that, the-persons and personages
mentioned—ami I could add to the list
—will l*o ‘nelincd to learn morality from
the faddist.'*
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