GROWTH OF GAMBLING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16268, 29 June 1916, Page 6

GROWTH OF GAMBLING.

SYDNEY PROTEST.

PONY AND GALLOWAY HA'

, Australian and N.Z. Cable ioeiation.. " J SYDNEY. JUKE 28. : :j§ Thp Sydney Morning Herald, in a special > article on the growth of the gambling' 1 evil in connection with racecourses, urges'.; the necessity for reducing racing. Ths„ paper declares: " The main features ofthaj| Gambling Act have been defeated by.ponyand galloway racing, which has developed f into a carnival of gambling (from which th#;- ' element of sport is entirelv eliminated. | Those following the game are mostly j young men who would be of much greater" benefit to the community if they wei®, 1 helping to fight for their country. -St is ■; high time the Government took • steps to. abate the evil." Referring to the admission of children of tender years to race* courses, ttie Herald says:—"The pro- s*' grammes in some courses necessitate • & severe physical strain on the most hardened J bookmaker or punter. It is a degrading spectacle to see a child being drawn into the vortex of the betting ring by *'.l| mother intent on ' backing her fancy,' at the cost of the comfort of her offspring."