Related article: not until bookmakers became fairly plentiful, and the general public had an opportunity of putting on their pence, shillings and pounds. Nor was it until the days of sporting papers that tipsters greatly came to the front, for until publicity was given to their existence by advertisement they would necessarily have flourished unseen, since the practical racing man was not likely to pay for information which was unques- tionably inferior to that of which he was himself possessed. 26 368 BAILY S MAGAZINE. [Mat In the fifties, however, we find the tipster issuing advertisements. Through the undying columns of Bell's Life we find John Playfair informing backers of horses that he could be communicated with by letter, and would send full particulars to anybody who en- closed a stamped and directed envelope, while later on the talent was strenuously recommended to try " Fairplay's Long Shots." In the comparatively non-racing neighbourhood of I pswich — though one must not forget that at one time there were Ipswich Races — there lived a certain Mr. John Stamford, who professed himself willing to divulge "the Golden Secret " gratis, and in putting forth his advertisement we ob- serve that from his position in the sporting world he was always in possession of the best informa- tion with respect to the great Order Finasteride Online events in the Turf market. If this had been true Mr. Stamford might have saved himself an infinity of trouble by acting upon this, amassing a fortune, and then retiring, but instead of so doing he kept advertising and tipping, though apparently he never really parted with his "Golden Secret. 1 ' Perhaps one of the most allur- ing baits was that cast by a tipster who placed his gains no higher than £200 a year. Through the medium of the Press the public were informed that a gentleman who for some years had realised that income by a novel system of betting was wil- ling to impart his secret to a select number of subscribers. The system was described as being simple, safe, and certain, while it had the additional merit of entailing neither trouble nor risk, and could be carried on with a capital of no more than Four Pounds. Whatever income this person may have realised by his betting, it was certainly greatly augmented by his gains as a tip- ster, and he was eventually able to take a nice house in the neighbourhood of Brentford, where he lived in great comfort and almost luxury, but he ap- pears to have been one who, unlike poor old Jack Dickinson, never backed Purchase Finasteride Online anyone's tips, not even his own. Bashi-Bazouk, who won the Liverpool Cup in 1857, started at 7 to 1, but a tipster of the time professed to have sent the horse to all his subscribers when he was at 20 to 1, and also professed to have a still better rod in pickle for the Goodwood Cup and Stakes, and for this good thing no more than seven stamps was asked. The Derby of 1857 was, as most racing people know, won by Mr. P Anson's flying mare Blink Bonny, and in that year a Mr. Charles Buckthorn advertised his circular of information, which he declared would put everybody on the right scent. It unravelled the Malton mystery, peeped Buy Cheap Finasteride into the dangerous training stables, and after trotting out the likely ones, selected a nag which would run in Finasteride Online from Tattenham Corner an easy winner. In what way the Malton mystery was solved it is not said, so Generic Finasteride Mr. Buckthorn was just as likely to have plumped against as for Blink Bonny. Sundry specious efforts were made to induce the public to in- vest, but Mr, Playfair was, I believe, the first to adopt the " no winner no pay " system, and he was so certain that he knew the winner of the National in 1857 *h at ne invited people to send to him for information, and not to pay unless the horse won- A somewhat new line, however, was Purchase Finasteride struck out by a Mr. Joyce, who published what he called J I899-] THE TURF AND ITS TIPSTERS. 369 " the Art of Betting," a guide to the luckless though haphazard and reckless speculation, Buy Finasteride and contain- ing, it was asserted, the celebrated Captain Barclay's secret, by which that gentleman kept up a four - in - hand, and puzzled the sporting world for twenty years. Although the Captain was so long a time in finding out this great secret, Mr. Joyce was con- tent to sell it for the absurd sum of five shillings. Probably as long as racing has been an amusement there have been people just as greedy to make money over it as was Madame de Goncourt, out of whom Benson and his gang of "sworn bookmakers" extracted so Buy Finasteride Online many scores Order Finasteride of pounds; and perhaps were it not for the igno- rance and cupidity combined of those who hardly know a black horse from a white one, the tip- ster's business would fall to the ground to-morrow. Some of the readers of Baily doubtless remember that some years ago a tipster advertised in the name of " Coles," and it may also be within their recollection that the late Cheap Finasteride Mr. Comyns Cole, who wrote the introductions for the Field newspaper, was also the valued " Van Driver " for this magazine. One day at Good- wood an excited gentleman ap- peared at the Press Room and asked whether " Mr. Coles " were present. The name was not quite correct, but someone in the room suggested that Mr. Cole might probably be the person of whom he was in search. Mr. Cole was seated in his usual corner writing, and to him the excited punter rushed, with the expression — *' Why the devil did you not send me your finals ? " Only those who knew the late Mr. Cole's personal appearance and dignified bearing can realise