To "take someone in" is to play some sort of confidence trick upon them; maybe Bob is taking a bribe (the tip) but not honouring the bargain. "they often took me out" may mean they often engaged him to ride their horses.
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"nailed" seems to imply some sort of swindle but no definition of it has been found.
A. Newman and Co., job and postmaster, 121 Regent Street (i). The OED gives defines jobmaster as "a man who lets out horses and carriages by the job or for a limited time". It gives one meaning of postmaster as "The person in charge of a posting station, who provides horses for posting; the proprietor or manager of a posting establishment". It also gives one meaning of job as "A cartload; the amount that a horse and cart can bring at one time".
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(i) Ref: The Post Office London Directory 1843 p307
A View of the Horse Fair at Smithfiled Market by Charles Pye
The railway has ruined me. Post riders were superseded by the railway. The railway from London to Dover opened in 1844 and mail was soon being sent by train.