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BEATING THE BACING GAME Is it true that there is no man who can beat the racing game That depends altogether upon what is understood by the racing ganje A man who goes to the track with the notion that all that has been spent upon the grounds and buildings and horses and the thousand costly details involved iu the sport is to make a getrich holiday for himself and his kind will undoubtedly find that he cant beat it itThere There are no millions in racing for the surething gambler the trafficker in information the fam ¬ iliar of supposed stable boys with tips to sell The man who wants something for nothing will not find It at the race courses nor anywhere else elseThe The man who goes to see and enjoy contests of speed between highlybred and highlytrained horses to have an afternoon among beautiful surroundings in the fresh air of country to refresh himself in mind and body to back his judgment if he feels like it to an extent iwhieh does not unduly involve his pocketbook who in a word has the common sense and the selfcontrol to look upon the race course in the spirit in which it was founded and is maintained that man gets what he went after and what he paid his money for forIn In that sense he can truly beat the racing game but in no other Toronto Globe
