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LATE NEWS ALLEGATION OF ‘DIRTY’ RACING IN DOMINION

(P A ) AUCKLAND, This Day; .. An allegation that there were corrupt racehorse, owners in New Zealand who tried to dope horses 'was made by James Colin Gleeson to the Gaming Commission today. He cited the names of members of illustrious families and also members of the Royal Family, who, he claimed, bet with bookmakers. He recommended the licensing of off-course bookmakers. Gleeson said the people he was referring to knew the calibre of the men with whom they were betting. He suggested there were persons of equal fidelity and’ integrity who could be licensed as bookmakers here.Mentioning racing clubs of which he was a life member Gleeson' said he had won £23,000 in stakes. ‘He contended it was “not British’.’ .to compel the public to keep on breaking the law. Cross-examined by Mr W. E. Leicester for the Dominion Sportsmen’s Association, Gleeson said he had never known corrupt practices by bookmakers, but he knew there were corrupt owners who tried, to - dope horses. Ninety per cent. Of* 3 , the owners bet with bookmakers, he added. Arthur Edward Court, Christian Science practitioner, said he -considered gambling could be abolished by educating children against it, -just’ as duelling had. been abolished;!?.?.

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Greymouth Evening Star, 16 April 1947, Page 7

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LATE NEWS ALLEGATION OF ‘DIRTY’ RACING IN DOMINION Greymouth Evening Star, 16 April 1947, Page 7

LATE NEWS ALLEGATION OF ‘DIRTY’ RACING IN DOMINION Greymouth Evening Star, 16 April 1947, Page 7