RECITATIONS AND READINGS No. 12. A CAREFULLY COMPILED SELECTION OF HUMOROUS, PATHETIC, ELOQUENT, EDITED BY WM. B. DICK. This is the Twelfth of a Series, uniform in Size and style, which will include NEW YORK: DICK & FITZGERALD, PUBLISHERS, No. 18 ANN STREET. W. T. ROSS, 6 EDDY ST.. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Old Man Goes to School, The.................John H. Yates............118 Old Man Goes to Town, The................J. G. Swinerton...........120 DICK'S RECITATIONS AND READINGS. NUMBER TWELVE. ፡፡ HOW WE BEAT THE FAVORITE. A Lay of the Loamshire Hunt Cup. From the Bush Ballads." A. L. GORDON. 'Aye, squire,” said Stevens, "they back him at evens The Clown ought to beat her; Dick Neville is sweeter "A gentleman rider-well, I'm an outsider; |