"Monsieur X” charged
LV.Z.P.A -Reuter—Copyright) i PARIS, j France's most famous racetrack: punter, a tipster known to Ms I readers as ■‘Monsier X,” was ( charged yesterday with attemp-l ted fraud m connection with a; ; huge racing scandal which has ■ shocked the French ateeplechas-[ ing world. ■ An Investigating magistrate .charged Monsieur X—real name Patrice de Moutis—with break iing racing laws and attemoted > fraud in an allegedly fixed steeplechase in 1973 Police have already arrested 14 gamblers who held winning [ tickets in the race, the Prix ’ Bride Abattue. at the Anteuil (Racecourse, in Pans. ;i Six jockey*, ineluding France's : top steeplechase rtor. Pierre I Costae, and two trainers, havs I also bean charged in the caae.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33776, 24 February 1975, Page 8
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