BETTING SYSTEMS.
| M. McCallum stigmatised ''"Sportsman's" letter as an arrogant expression of his own opinion and then proceeded vigorously to express the opinion of Mr. McCallum. There is nothing to be gained in beating about the bush. Both systems have been fully t»ied. The win and place has been accepted bv the public as the more popular, and bv the clubs as the more profitable. Again, Mr." McCallum, modestly, says a large number of the general public aro "mugs," and in the same breath suggests taking a vote from them. The onlv logical deduction is that he thinks the Auckland Racing Club should get a lead from the "mugs" before it takes action. It has got all the lead it should require. Every prominent racing and trotting club in Xew Zealand has tried win and place and found it most satisfactory. Why Auckland hesitates is incomprehensible, and it is really holding itself up to ridicule. Its attitude revives the story of the prond mother watching a Scottish regiment, of which her son was a member, marching. "My word," she said, "they're a' oot o' step but Jock." WEARY WILLIE.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 35, 11 February 1939, Page 8
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