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Show -H-H--H-l-!-!--H-r--fr-l"l"l"I"l,'!'lI"l,'H--H One Backer of Runners Had Inside Information There were three runners, and bus! ness in the ring was not very brisk. A quiet-looking little fellow walked up to one of the prosperous layers and asked the price of one of the runners. With a knowledgeable twinkle in his eye. and in a patronizing way, the bookie offered six to one. "Very good. I'll take sixty pounds to ten." Just before the "off," the backer returned, re-turned, and asked if he could invest another tenner on the horse. "Why, certainly, my son, and this time I'll lay you eighty." The horse won and the backer went to draw his money. "Say, young fellow, what made you fancy that horse?" asked the bookmaker, book-maker, eyeing his client up and down in some amazement. "Fancy? Oh, I had inside in formation." forma-tion." "Inside information 'be blotved,' " snorted the bookie. "Do you know the horse you backed belongs to mo'-" "Very likely." quietly retorted the backer, "hut the other two runners belong to me." |