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Today's newspaper contains a yard or so of reading about a spring horse-race. The sight of it fills me with loathing. It brings to my mind that placard I saw at a station in Surrey a year or two ago, advertising certain races in the neighbourhood. Here is the poster, as I copied it into my notebook:
Engaged by the Executive to ensure order and comfort to the public attending this meeting: -- / 14 detectives (racing), / 15 detectives (Scotland Yard), / 7 police inspectors, / 9 police sergeants, / 76 police, and a supernumerary contingent of specially selected men from the Army Reserve and the Corps of Commissionaires. / The above force will be employed solely for the purpose of maintaining order and excluding bad characters, etc. They will have the assistance also of a strong force of the Surrey Constabulary.