TOTALISATOR COMMISSION.
A TRAINER'S EVIDENCE
United Press Association—By Electrio Telegra ph—Copyri <»li t (Received May Bth, 12.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 7. Giving evidence before the Totalizator Commission, Mr J. Burton, tho wellknown trainer, said that botting was a fool's game, and uorsc-racing purely a business. Tho name "sport of kings" had disappeared. Ho agreed that racing could not exist without betting.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14349, 8 May 1912, Page 9
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