I donot intend to tell you stories concerning maintain that the use stand- and while the sboliti the Running Rein scandal of the Derby, con: moderate quantities is inimical to health corning the poisoning of Buccaneer thirty-three and life, their opponents claiming better years ago, concerning the tampering with the authority and a personal knowledge of the scales when Catch "Em Alire Oh! won the question are equally positive that a mo-Cambridgeshire, concerning Lady beth, derate use of " metly beneficin] concerning the shameful frauds on Madame to health and tends to prolong life. The de Goncourt, or concerning the drugging of Orme. I want to say a few words about Intter have jast re unexpected the hawks and the pigeons, the "sharps," but most welcome accession in Mr. Meand the "flats," about blacklegs, about Lauchlan Slater, the well-known Manager wrong uns," about "the boys," welshers." and Actuary of the Oriental Life Assurance "lumberers," *brief-snatchers," decoys, card-Company, which line its head-quarters in sharpers, thieves, and the rogues generally, Bombay. Mr. Slater has drawn up un that are to be found on our courses, ~All these i nte en the veinal effect of kinds of vagabond exist, and that is why the upon the life authorities at our different rice meetings are well known that the careful to advertise that the enclosures and Oriental assures native lives, and we find {that it hax no fewer than about twenty that Moody and' Jacobs and their stall from i g will be carefully kept, and
Newmarket will be on the spot. These men thousand native assured on its register: Now it goes without saying thet " Life are supposed to know all the "fly" people and doubtless do. But, bless you hundreds of Assurance office makes it a point to reject Moody and Jacobs could not protect some of the doubtful Tives and takes every possible fiats, the fools, the ere lulous innocents, who precaution that no risks are incurred "go racing-" I was once at a very pleasant by accepting individuals who are addicted steeplechase meeting in the Midland counties, to habits which are believed to be injurious It was such a delightful day that I hied me ita health and life. Well, the Oriental early to the course to enjoy the sights of the Life Office, we learn from'Mr. Slater, has country and breathe the refreshing air of a not found it necessary or even proper to Salmy spring day. Having ample leisure 1 ject persona who xre in the habit, of tonk it into my head to walk over the course with a bookmaker's clerk. We had not taking opium in moderate quantities, This single fact is worth cart-loads of pamphlets travelled far-ere a well-dressed, stylish-looking young man ran after us and touched my and tracts and leaflets and is mare relevant companion on the shoulder. The stranger ita the question of the alleged inj to me wore brown leather boots an fushionconsequences of the use of opium even able clothes, had his racing ylass slung when taken in moderation, than volumes of over his shoulder, sported a brown billy-Exeter Hall eloquence which is invariably cock, and was chewing a toothpick. I found to be the progeny of ignorance. should have guessed him to be a young Indeed no far from considering the mode-man of the well-to-do middle-class out for rate use of opium og being at all hurtful to a day's holiday. He made no preliminary health or life, Mr. Slater's thirty years' remarks, but speaking to my friend, says: Indian experience, during twenty of which—"'Luk ere, ole man, eve yer the' price he has been Manager of a sangwitch on yer? S'elp me, Iam stoney; Oriental Life Offic never ad a blooming bite to-diy. Kedged me fare in Birming'am, and jest ran over ere ter that the moderate of opium is distinctly see if I could get a bit, but I ain't a brown, beneficial to heal He supports his conand aint ad nofink to-diy. I could wolfe clusion by stati which may be easily sangwitch, ole pal." The bookie's factotum verified, He points out that, since the gave him a piece of silver and away he went year 1874, there have been 973 death-claims without any profuse thanks, Well, I was
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