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ENGLISH BACKING JOCKEYS MOUNTS If any lighthearted backer who did not want to be bothered with details had telegraphed to his bookmaker when the season opened 10 on all Mahers mounts this week a business which would not have occupied two minutes he would have had 304 11s 8d to draw last Monday If on the other band our backer bad started with Just one humble sovereign on Maddens mounts at a certain period last year doubling after each loss he would have had to back the last of the series of losers for 9170000000000000000 and unless he were quite a rich man he might have had difficulty in finding the tenner to begin backing Maher this season Rapier In the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
