THE TURF IN AUSTRALIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18577, 8 December 1923, Page 15

THE TURF IN AUSTRALIA.

VICTORIA AND THE TOTE."

Another disappointment has _ be#n the lot of th« advocates for the legalisation of the totalizator in the Stat© of Victoria;. Owing to the pressure of Government business, the Totalisator Bill, introduced by a private member, will not be dealt with in the Legislative Assembly this season. The measure, a, private one. will have to stand pvsr until next year. Referring to the position, Mr. iloriey, who was responsible for the measure, stated the Ministry had recognised the principle of regulating gambling, and he was convinced that he -would, next session, receive the required support to make his Bill law. The Bill to be submitted provides that no new bookmaker# be allowed to register, and to limit the operations of those already register**! to from 12 to 15 years. A campaign throughout the State has been decided . upon with, the object of educating the public regarding the totalisator. Model totalisa'.crs will be erected on racecourses, and moving pictures explaining the . working of , the totalisator will also be screened at theatres in. the towns mentioned. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The New Zealand-bred horse Falsa Alarm, who is returned as by Demosthenes or Pinland from Gossip (dam of Bobrikoff). has not so far been able to elevate himself above the extreme moderate division, and the prisemoney attached to the races he has won during the four seasons he hae been, racing only amounts to £185. Quito a number of good judges were competitors for the possession of False Alarm when he was submitted to auction in the autumn of 1920, and Mr. C. L. Macdonald had to carry the bidding to 130Qgns before ho silenced tie opposition. When it was recognised ths.fc False Alarm was much below the standard anticipated, he was sold under the hammer for 525gns. False Alarm has been left entire, and he will no doubt be given an opportunity to distinguish himself as a, sire.