SAFETY FIRST.
There were only three runners in the last race at a certain country meeting, and, consequently, business in the ring was very dull. Suddenly a quiet-looking man walked up to a prosperous bookmaker and put ten pohnds on a horso at six to one. The bookio smiled up h:<e sleeve; he considered the money was as good as won. Just before they started the stranger asked whether he might have a further bet. The bookie was only too pleased, and gave him eight to one. The horse won easily. "My stars!" gasped the bookie, as he paid out. " And that horse belongs to n»." " Ah," remarked the quiet one, " but the other two belong to m«."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19792, 12 November 1927, Page 5 (Supplement)
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