CHAPTER XXII.

“ADVERTISING TIPSTERS” AND “BETTING COMMISSIONERS.” The Vice of Gambling on the increase among the p. 377 Working-classes.—Sporting “Specs.”—A “Modus.”—Turf Discoveries.—Welshers.—The Vermin of the Betting-field.—Their Tactics.—The Road to Ruin VII. Waste of Charity.