RACECOURSE SENSATION.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 5 October 1925, Page 5

RACECOURSE SENSATION.

UNOFFICIAL BOOKS CIRCULATED. WRONG NUMBERS BACKED. 8Y CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT, SYDNEY, Oct, 4. There was consternation among the racegoers at Randwick yesterday when it was discovered that hundreds of people were in .possession of non-official race books. -The discovery was made just before the first face started. The faked books had a similar, appearance to the official books except that they were pink instead of. blue. An examination showed that they contained numerous errors, including wrong numbering. This led unwary purchasers of the unofficial hook, who failed to notice, the official .warning posted as soon as the discovery was made, to back the wrong numbers. Some thereby lost heavily. Detectives quickly got to- work and arrested a man on the course. They later arrested three other men and, 1 two boys, and seized a complete printing plant, said to have been used for the forgeries. The police also, discovered £IOO in florins, allegedly part of the proceeds of the sale. ' - ' " Another sensation wag provided by thieves taking advantage of the-bustle after the last race ‘to snatch a bag from a bookmaker, Jack Mandel, con- N taining £2500 in notes. They got. clear away. , - ' , 1