He's a regular customer of mine on the rank, and he's not one of your tuppenny tipsters, either.

Tipsters, in short, were no part of my racing creed.

Put not your trust in tipsters; they no more knew that Hermit had a chance for the Derby than they could foretell the snowstorm that was coming to enable him to win it.

In and out among the crowd ran tipsters, touts for gambling dens and sellers of charms; most of them found ready customers among the slaves, who had nothing to do but wait, and stare, and yawn until their masters came out from the baths.

But, as every one would know the anonymous tipster could be only Blagwin himself, that plan also was rejected.

* * "A SPORTING TIPSTER" writes:"Perhaps you are not aware that the feature of next Season's Foot-ball will be the arrival of a strong team of the Kajawee Cannibal Islanders, a ferocious race, who have been instructed in the game by a celebrated Midland half-back.

The China was anchored three-quarters of a mile from the landing, and a boat ride was ten cents, or fifteen if you were a tipster.