BETTING ON THE MASTERS.
SCHOOLBOYS' ,WAGERS. v ; A most amusing system of betting has ju«s been discovered at the boys' college in Rostov on the Don, Russia. A race used to take place at the luncheon hpur, when, at the first sound of the bell professors would dash off for their hats and coats and hurry out of the building. They were not aware, however, that they were being backed against" each other by the boys as to which of them would be the first to pass the iron gates of the college. The result was that while some of .the students feasted lavishly at the neighbouring cakeshop, other forfeited their modest luncheon money and remained hungry for the rest of the da A misdoameanour on the part of one of the youths brought the practice to the ears of the authorities. He had tried to delay one of tho "runners" W removing his hat- and coat from: its usual peg, and -was being severely chastised for the deed when the headmaster arrived on the scene, and forced from him a full explanation. , :v r "
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14984, 4 May 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)
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