RACING INCIDENT.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 11093, 19 April 1933, Page 4

RACING INCIDENT.

“LUCK OF A CHINAMAN.” Astonishing luck befell a prominent Te Poi resident who visited the Tauranga races with his family (says the Matamata Record). Having attended no meetings for some years, not even going to the Matamata faces, the resident in question knew nothing about the horses, but just backed as fancy or his wife dictated. His “system,” or lack of it, proved a good one. for, at the end of the day, he found that he had backed four firsts, one dead-heat for first place, two seconds and a third which paid nearly £2. Three of the firsts were for outright wins. While this extraordinary luck wan following the parent®, the little child amused itself picking up discarded tickets. Oh reaching home the child found it had 130. With little thought but the law of averages, father told the child to put them in order, and he would see if there were any winners. Sure enough when this was done a 10s ticket worth over 50 per cent, more was discovered to the child’s great delight.