ONLY A PENNY.
WOULD HAVE MEANT £8580. "You don't need much money to win money at racing," said the old gentleman in the race train going to Caulfield last Saturday week. '"Why, a penny on the first winner all up the next winner. and so on, would return hundred*, of pounds." That started the argument. One guessed foO as the return, from such wagers, and others guessed amounts ranging up to £1000. The last-named was scoffed at, but actually he was nearest the mark, as a penny invested thus would have returned exactly £8.150.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 177, 29 July 1939, Page 16
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94ONLY A PENNY. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 177, 29 July 1939, Page 16
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