November 1. Number One day and half my allowance gone ai-ready! That settles it. I shall not go to the Races, Last spring I lost $75 dollars and had to scrimp frightfully on hats in consequence. 1 suspect I would have lost more except for people being nice enough to forget some bets 1 made when the ponies were half jway round. No, I just won't go. I don't approve of racing and any way I don't believe that slow-poke of w tailor is going to finish my new dress. november 2. Bought a dream of a hat. 1t would be just the thing to wear to the races but of course I'm not going.
November 3. At our tiffin party to-day we all chipped in for a Sweeps ticket. It's ever so silly of course, but I couldn't refuse to lose five dollars. Stopped at the tailor's on the way home to hurry him up. I might as well have my clothes now even if I'm not going to the races.
November 4. In spite of myself I seem to be filling my engagement book with race-fixtures. You can't refuse a tea-dance invitation just because it comes after the races. I suppose nobody will be able to talk of anything but ponies and who was there and what they wore. But I need the money. To-day when the others were taking two or three tickets on the Champions I took only one. I feel as if 1 had saved a hundred dollars already. Of course it would be awfully silly not to put some money on a real sure tip though.
November 5. My word, how silly people are about the races. There were two sets of Sunday Papers about this house and 1 couldn't get one, everybody's reading the training tips so hard. My new dress and hat really look surprisingly well. It seems almost a pity not to show them off.
November 6. Just to show how truthful I am I'll admit right now that I did go to.the races. 1 know some girls who would forget to write for a day or two, just because they wouldn't want to contradict themselves even in a diary. Of course I went just so as not to spoil the party. It 4 didn't have such an accommodating disposition I shouldn't have lost $25 dollars, but you ought to be willing to do that for your friends, and besides the Race Club helps out so many charities. If I had only backed Conqueror Dahlia for place I might have three new hats to take the place of the one the rain spoiled.
November 7. Of course I never expected to go to the Races again, but it does seem to rude to refuse an invitation when one hasn't any good use. And besides, it seems ai pity to lose money the first day and not profit by that experience the next day. 1 won $47.80 to-day and only lost $50. Tm really geting very scientific, and wasn't it lucky I got another Champions before they were all gone.
November 8. I am going to write before they call to take mo to the races, because it easier to write now than than may be later on. If I' win the first prize I shall be too excited to write and if I don't I shall be too disappointed I have just sold my pearls to Beatrice. I can't go to the track empty-handed, and anyway the Lord lovett 'a cheerful loser.
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