BIG TRANSACTION.
TICKETS IN SWEEPSTAKE. PURCHASE IN NEW YORK. (United Press Association —Copyright) NEW YORK, November 1. Tlie biggest transaction in turf history has been carried out in New Y°ik by *a representative of a London turr commission agent, who bought up a the tickets in tlie Irish sweepstake on starters in the Cambridgeshire. For 60 tickets a sum of only £6U,UUU was paid, although they represented a ■winning amount of over £400.000. The ticket on the winner. Wychwood Abbot, was held by three persons; that on Commander, second, by eight; and that on Highlander, third, by four.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 26, 10 November 1934, Page 5
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