GOOD-BYE OR AU REVOIR?

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1040, 1 February 1911, Page 6

GOOD-BYE OR AU REVOIR?

THE BOOKMAKERS' FAREWELL. (By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) Auckland, January 31.' In accordance with tho provisions of the amended gaming legislation of last session, the bookmaker pursued his calling far tho Inst timo in tho Dominion, when he operated at the Takapuna Jockey Club's Summer meeting yesterday. The attendance constituted a record for the popular North Shore racing club, ..and Micro were twenty-nine bookmakers in evidence. Throughout the day business was brisk, and as the first six favourites in succession went down, tho bookmakers came out of tho ordeal much better than for some timo past. ' . Shortly before tho running of the last race, tho band present on the ground took up a. position amongst tho bookmakers and played "Wo Parted on the Shore," many in the crowd joining in the chorus. Mr. Philpot, ono of tho oldest bookmakers in Auckland, then addressed those present, ending ftp by expressing tho wish that the bookmakers would yet bo rcinslaUd on the courses. "We Parted oil the Shore" was again given bv the band, and then, in response to a call, Mr. A. E. Glover, M.P., delivered a brief address. Another rendering of "Wo-Parted on the Shore," and then tho band struck up "Auld Lang Syne." which was taken up and sung lustily, the crowd ending with hearty cheers for the bookmakers.