BACKED THE CARD.

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 31 August 1929, Page 13

BACKED THE CARD.

A BOLD BETTOR. LAYERS BUN SHORT. The story of a great betting coup made by a working man is told in Syd. ney betting circles by the bookmakers, wlio had to pay him huge amounts in cash,,at. the iMoorficld races, A man of moderate means and working at a trade, but a gambler to the backbone, lie took a- bank of £2O to Moorfield races, which he had accumulated in three weeks.

His lujck ibegan quickly, for from Ins modest means he put only; small amounts on each of the first two winners.

Then he kept doubling up 'until long before -the finish -of ‘the day’s racing he was -betting in fifties and hundreds. . He backed every winner during the day, and when his (big [money was coming in he had £IOO on iShaivkara at nearly three and £IOO on Royal Duke at nearly twos, although the starting price was more.

MONEY TO BURN. On Waipori he had only £2O at double figures. But his really big killing came in -the last race when lie had “money ,to burn.” He invested £SO on Aorangi at little short -of doubles. Then, believing that that horse was unbeatable, ho had another fling on him. This time lie had to take seven fifties.

Aofangi won and the investment brought him in £750. His total winnings for the day amounted to £2,000, and long before the last some -of the big cash bets he made had bookmakers going about borrowing sums from their colleagues who had brought bigger cash banks to the course.

It iwas one of the most picturesque cash gambling coups im'nde on a Sydney course for some years.