"Vates," it should be explained, was the nom de plume of the notorious sporting tipster then attached to "Bell's Life in London."
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann
But, as every one would know the anonymous tipster could be only Blagwin himself, that plan also was rejected.
"Somewhere in France"
Richard Harding Davis
"I thought some of your people were ill when I came in here," I said after some minutes, "and the whole thing turns out to be some gibberish nonsense about Tom Webb, a tipster, and some rotten horses."
"Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate"
Charles Turley