PROVERBS FOR RACING MEN.
[From the “ Licensed Victuallers’ Gazette.”] (Adapted by “Modus,”) : “ Money is the principal thing, therefore get money; but with all thy getting, don’t get on the stiff ’un.” “ Drink spirits out of thy pal’s cellar, and aerated waters out of thy own cupboard.” “ Deliver thyself as a mug from the hand of the wolcher, and as a fly cove from the hand of the card trickster.” “ Go to thy aunt, thou dullard, ask of her when stone broke, and be wise.” “ A purse sharper, a lumberer, and a wicked man walketh with a leering mouth.” “ My friend, forget not the law, but keep faith with the bookies on Monday.” “ Withhold thou gold from them to whom it is due, when it is not in the power of thy pocket to pay it.” “ Whoso despisoth a straight tip shall have bad luck, but ho that followeth a ‘ dead snip’ shall have rea jam.”
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2238, 30 April 1881, Page 3
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155PROVERBS FOR RACING MEN. Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2238, 30 April 1881, Page 3
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