Post Dated Paper Lures Investor Into Racing Bet
A distressed partner in John Farmer & Co faces ruin as settling day nears and a mysterious stranger sells a postdated paper claiming tomorrow's market and racing results. The tale follows his gamble on Blackfriar at 33 to 1 after a chance encounter with an old friend and a warning from a market skeptic.
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Avalon
Joppa
Denton
M. E. N. Market
Lyford’s
Oyster Shell Point
Williston
John’s
Purkey Cree
Kingston
Dover Bridg Hog Island
Windy Hill
Choptank
Wright's
Baltimore
Vier
Light St
Easton
Orford
Cambridge
East New Market
Oxford
Willard Thomson
Jas. E. Byrd
South Street
Maryland
T. Hutchinson
John Farmer & Co
Strand
Leabout
Pell
Dick Hampton
Jack Farmer
International
the International
Millonaire
Songbird
Blackfriar
The
S. Pit
Hampton
Jack
S. P
Thad
Post Dated Paper Leads to Lucky Turn of Fortune
A man loses heavily on betting but recovers when Blackfriar wins the International. He buys back in and soon clears £20,000 after debts. Later he learns a scamster printed fake postdated papers to lure bettors, revealing the risks of sporting folly and luck.
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Blackfriar Oliphant
Bongbird
Norfolk
Dick Hampton
Jack
Blackfriar
Richmond
London
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