But, as our bettor hoped, the game came to an end before he had finished his search; and ere long these words reached his ears, and filled his heart with joy: "I was sure of it; Minoret has won again!"
"Monsieur Cherami"
Charles Paul de Kock
The action was scarcely performed, when the bettor flung the glove into the air with all his force.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
He would have stooped to see his right spur bettor, that shone in spite of mud, for though he has been a man these five-and-twenty years, Ranjoor Singh has neither lost his boyhood love of such things, nor intends to; he has been accused of wearing solid silver spurs in bed.
"Winds of the World"
Talbot Mundy