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AN AFRICAN POET SINGS OF TIPS It was a sevenfurlong race two hundred pounds the stake Of runners there were only six the choice not hard to make makeMy My mind made un I started off with but one cud in view Which was to put a fiver down and trust in number Two Id hardly left the paddock when I ct trainer trainerfriend friend AVliat Number two ho said good Lord hell hellnever never reach the bend Four furlongs Yes he liiight get that but after afterthat that lies done Ive got tlie goods sure thing this trip get in on number One OneHe He passed along and to my side a youthful jockey jockeycame came I murmured Two ne shook his head Youre Yourenewish newish ut the game Its we inside who pnn the strings dont breatlie breatliea a word said he But every moke thats in the race is dead for foriiiiinberTliree7 iiiiinberTliree7 An owner whom I knew approached and gave my mychoice choice a smile No good today his fetlocks sore he hurt it in ina a trial He ought not to be running and besides theres something more r Weve got a big thing on keey mum the winners winnersnumber number Four I told a punter pal my pialu He muttered Dont Dontbe be mad Hes bred to stay a twomile race is more his hismark mark my lad Im working a commission on a cert so look lookalive alive For in another minute voull hear Evens number Five r With muddled iiiimi I stopped to ask a form ex ¬ pert his view He glanced around and whispered Theres i ichance chance for number Two Ive worked the thing out carefully and barring jockeys barringjockeys tricks Theres only one horse in the nice and lhat is isnumber number Six By this time they were at tlie post I stood per ¬ plexedly AAhat should I back when through Ihe crowd my wife tain hurriedly Oh Jack V she cried give me i note I must back number Two TwoYou You know my favrite color and liis jockeys eyes are blue blueSo So tliirly pounds to five she took just as the race began racebegan And to the stand she led a very much bewildered bewilderedman man Two minutes more the nice was won Great Scot Scotits its never true But true it was for on the board went up the thenumber number Two Moral MoralA A trainers tips are littie worth a jockeys tips tipsare are worse An owners or an experts tips not worth a tinkers curse Tlie only tip worth taking when you go out to the theCOlinSe COlinSe Is the fancy of the women who has never seen the It L AViii Durban Natal Latest
