DESPERATE "BOOKS"
MONEY/MORE SCARCE
■ t (From "Vedette.") / : .■'••■ SYDNEY, sth February. Money was so scarce at the Ascot Pony Meeting On Saturday that one bookmaker in -the paddock gave up after the third race. He had lost £200, and decided that there was little chance of getting it back with the amounts on offer at Ascot. Act cordingly; he hired a car and went to Modrefield as a punter. He believed he could select a number of good things on the suburban course, but had mixed fortune. •'■"'"■'; Bookmakers reported that it was difficult to hold more than £30 a race at Ascot, and impossible to, make a book in the accepted sense of the term. Backers want only two or three horses in a race nowadays, and the liabilities incurred are out of proportion to, tlie holdings. One regular pony bookmaker with a reputation for betting decent odds and taking good wagers, , reported thirteeen consecutive losing meetings. • . After twenty-five years on the pony course, he has decided to give it best for.the time being. The Bookmakers' Association has appointed a deputation to wait on the Chief Secretary, Mr; Gosling, to-day. It is not- expected that this Will avail a great deal. :";.. '..■■■; '
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1931, Page 10
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