THE TOTE COMMISSION.
MR. GLOVER’S EVIDENCE. Auckland. Jan. I. Giving evidence at the New South AV ales Totalisnti.r (. inndssion. Mr. Glover. M.P.. -aid his opinion was that racing chibs were dciibt r liel v brought into disrepute by the br.<.kinakmg fraternity as a whole, in order to got die profits into their own hands. He favoured 'both tote and bn: kn ik. r. Pressed to say which he would hie if he had tc make a choice, he admitted tr.i racing public wanftd the t- tc. He believed -if the quest ;.--n were submitted to a referendum be: h would be abolished. A-ked did the tee favour the horse owners. Mr. Glove r replied "'No.’ A-ki 6 why then t'.r horse owners favoured the tote, ho said certain big men would rather take less odds from the tote than bet with the bookmaker. The ch airman stated he had received a cablegram from Sir Rupert Clarke, one of the Lading r-r inc men of Australia, stating that he :n--tended to advocate the introduction of the tote.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 18, 4 January 1912, Page 6
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176THE TOTE COMMISSION. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 18, 4 January 1912, Page 6
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