Show A quaint superstition aa at race tracks persons desiring to bet be t on the result frequently manage to ton touch h the hump of a hunchback b believing ec that this will bring good luck according to the beli beliefs es of ancient arabians and germans hunchbacks hunch backs were were the pets of fairies the latter frequently removed or increased the humps and hunchbacks hunch backs who had thus been treated by the fairies were supposed to possess some mystic power they were supposed to bring good luck and this might be imparted to pe persons who 0 came into the hui humps aps the fairies had given t ahem hem 41 |