Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-01-14
ENGLAND AND THE BRITISH ISLES

their EMPLOYEES in order to stake money with Davies and b.
Green AT the instance of Sir Wayne the lists
pressed by Parliament The lists an institution which
directly tempted shopmen embezzemen but they
we're convenience of horses who wanted to
back an animal big stake without anything beng
transaction 1t is accepted maxim ta no o"e Vi
stud of race horses pay expenses without the gains OF bet
ting In 1876 every existing of horses except lord
Falmouth and Mr. Ioudsworh depended partly on betting for
making profitable balance the end of the But has be-
come more take advantage OF the goodness
or badness Of any His commissioner watched and
inflated
reports ready jump soon fifty or one hundred
overegns have the stable SO correct and pene
ang indeed the information about every training stable which,
b dozen underground channels finds its to little hackers
that stable the first skim OF the market Inc
result that small studs of horses and especially those
Newmarket their wits end Having kept horse
that twelve eighteen twenour months the hapes
that when he sends commissioner to back the rod IN
pickle the public know much as he does and cannot DC scu on
SO long as the Sportsman be bought daily for penny there
thousands OF readers who know whether horse dong
strong work he gaopcd upon the previous morning
There is no possibility having favorc in these days The
betting lists put by successive Acts OF Parliament
and the severity magistrates OF the metropolis to great
tent they still exist like illicit stills Rcady-money betting has also
made illegal.
small fry OF boo>makcrs, for the most part Wcshcrs
g. G people who pay, except like Pistol compulson
still still pursue their wreched trade under difficulties
public the parks the parks to the waste
City, the lands quiet lanes and there con-
nuay on. They still swarm like ocusts round the
gates authorized betting rings and reap can silver harvest
ncer-ccasng crop Of fools at crcduous and greedy
The legislature has thought fit and does not seem likely to
with the branch OF the wagering profession which still Hour
hcs clubs subscrponooms minister the demands Of
wealthy this essentially British form OF gambling 1t pre-
members Taca and other clubs established
on the same principle themselves The late
Richard say the boomakcrs club the Vic
tora was aocracy who would bet would
with these professional gamblers.
my give those my readers who we're
;l1oo fo
cupc prominent in public life Of many eminent men, and
particularly legislators in both Houses OF Parliament With
that gave from novels by authors familiar with the
pleasures and the rogucrcs OF racing.
this edition have cancelled fiction substitute fact and
avacd myself Confessions Roucau contained
in the journal OF Mr. Charles Gcvc who raced and beted and
lived intimate connection with the most asocraC supporters OF
racing, for than forty years
NIr Charles Cavcndish Fulkc Grcvlc whom propose
typical representative OF the turf its best FORM no
vulgar boy, needy advcncr ruined pcndt sourcd by
disastrous racing spccuaons onthc it believed
that the result Of his racing transactions rather added to the very
sufficient which he enjoyed from his earliest Score
tary OF Jamaica Ga snccuc) and clerk OF the pry council
On his fathers side he descended from cadet of the
noble family Warwick His mother sister the third Duke
Of Portland he therefore, first cousin OF Lords George and
Henry Bcninc<, famous in the annals of sport
His official position brought him in with the dis
tnguished men o parties He enjoyed the
macy the Duke Wellington and Earl Grey He private
secretary twenty Earl Bathurst and he occupied
for the twenty years Bruton
in the house of Earl Granville
Mr.. Grevile very accomplished He familiar
English literature he spoke and read French and Italian had
his Italian diary shows; welcome
guest Holland House. and warmly appreciated the conversation
Macintosh Macauey Sydney Smith and the galaxy of talent
every kind which gathered together the early part OF this
century by Lord and Lady Holland He seemed satisfied
with himself when listening highly intellectual conversation
riding horseback amongst sylvan Yet he like
Pamerson made breeding and racing three
his reaXatons from his great political abou;
Stanley, who enjoyed acemeeng like boy, yet al
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