SYDNEY CUP WINNER

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 May 1927, Page 11

SYDNEY CUP WINNER

WOMAN IN LUCK.

SYDNEY, April 2T.

Can a woman keep a secret?

Ask Mrs. Rachel Bugg, of “Kymbala,” Belgrove Street, Waverley. She drew Piastoon in a £5OOO sweep on the Sydney Cup, din’t tell a soul, went to the Cup, took a tram home, and then quietly, told the family the news. As a punter and a good judge of racing form, Mrs. Bugg placed Piastoon’s chances second only to those of Limerick. “I was afraid of Limerick,” Mrs. Bugg confessed to-day. “I think he would have beaten Piastoon if he had been forced to make his run earlier.”

Mrs. Bugg purchased four 5s tickets as her own investment. “I left the course immediately after the Cup,” she added. “I think the man at the gate was inclined to commiserate with me, thinking that I had lost all my money, because when I asked him where I could get a tram, he replied, ‘You may get a tram on the Randwick line. Your return ticket holds good!” ‘.‘Another reason why she left the course early, Mrs. Bugg explained, was that she suffered from a weak heart, and she thought that she might take a bad turn undar the excitement of it all. This was her first individual investment in a sweep ticket. On a few previous occasions she had been interested in syndicates, and she and her mother had once drawn a small prize. With her husband she had purchased two £1 tickets in the last Sydney cfup sweep, but no prize had been drawn.

She says that it is not a sound investment to buy a single ticket. Her idea is to buy as many as one can afford. Had she been content with one or two in the last sweep, she would not have won anything. Her five tickets ran in sequence, and it was the last number that gave her Piastoon.

“I am a successful punter, and a good judge of pace,” Mrs. Bugg remarked. She said that though she was 63 years, she followed all the big meetings. She had put as much as £2O on a horse. LICENSEE CELEBRATES WIN. There are a lot of sorry people in Loftus Street to-day. (says the Sydney “Sun.”) They are the people who did not know until to-day that Mr. R. W. Pasto, licensee of a hotel in Loftus Street, had drawn £4OOO when Tibbie ran third in the Sydney Cup. He cele brated his win by a “free house” last night. Between 5 and 6 p.m. no money was taken at the public bar. The clients stood five deep—about 200 of them — around the bar. Many of them were regular patrons; but others were astounded when Mr. Plasto announced “free house.”

They promptly called for pints. One or two demanded buckets. In the hour they absorbed 250 gallons of beer.

Eight men drew pints continuously for an hour. They never worked so hard before. The crowd at the bar moved back to give place to others, and then moved up again for more pints. Quite a number gave it best before “six o’clock” was announced. They admitted they didn’t want any more.

Mr Plasto has divided £7OO between the owners, the jockey, and the trainer. He has been trying his luck for two years, and has won smaller prizes on several occasions. The money will go into business extensions.