LIFE WAGERED.
TRAGEDY OP THE DERBY RACE. LONDON, June 21. "I gambled Colombo (the hot Derby favourite) against my life," was written by Ronald Hood, 24, a window cleaner, to his sweetheart, before his death. "I sold my business (he wrote) and put everything on Colombo, as well as the money I won on Windsor Lad in a previous race. It was a good race for the Derby, but not good enough." Hood was found drowned in the Thames. "Gambling is in my blood," the letter went on. "I know I ought to stop. I decided to have the biggest gamble of my life, then cease; but I lost. I hope you will remember me as a good loser." The coroner, saying that he thought "gambling was a mug's game," except for the wealthy and the experts, returned a verdict of suicide -while insane.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 148, 25 June 1934, Page 7
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