Possibly there are very few punters who take the trouble to keep an annual account of their financial experiences of tl\e racing game. However, there is a man iin Adelaide who ha>s done so, and he has now made available his ledger covering 21 years of backing racehorses. He shows, a profit, hut it is less than £1 for each wear, "he hacker started to keep his accounts on June 1. 1906, and during that oeriod all his iin vestments have been made on the totalisntor. Tie lias invested and received from the machine 9-3200. and that is big money when it s realised that hie never bets more than £1 on a. race., his usual wager being 10ft or ss. His: profit over the 21 years amounts to £1 11s.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 30 December 1927, Page 9
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