SAUER-KRAUT SAM.

NZ Truth, Issue 145, 28 March 1908, Page 5

SAUER-KRAUT SAM.

KRAFTY RRAET2ERS KRESCIVE KRONKNESS,

Allowed to Bounce and Bully the Books,

Parliament Should Prohibit the Pernicious Practice of Priyate Pimfcing.

When the silly Gaming Act . of last session jpassed both Houses, per favor „of Joe Ward, the general public m North taxed their memories m j fain for. an explanation of the awful J rtiflictioh ; but a. large section of /the public m Canterbury is absolutely convinced that the inane legislation is due to an insignificant person'nanW ed Sam Kraetzer, who pimps privately on the course of the C.J.O. and of the other clubs that haven't got too full up of him. Samuel was ably, "assisted by Secretary Wanklyn,President Pine, Gee-Gee Stead, and bhe rest of the C.J.C., but lie is the primary person who humps the astounding honor of being responsible : for the intemperate enactment' which meets with the *qtualified approval of the som<bre swowser. Kraetzer (which means 'ha'penny in-Teuton— a r sum (that represents Samuel's moTtal'-sus-' ceptifbihties) is a German- Jew ; by nationality and financial instinct* and .was imported from Melbourne oh the 1 suggestion of 'Tec. Paddy Herbert, of Dunedin. Melbourne is a place where racecourse detectives have ' got an excellent cash load on by/ bleeding the club and also the riff-raff- section of sealers and balancers who buy permission from- the 'tecs, to "scale • and balance as the exigencies of fortune suggest. Ha'penny, however, must have been an extremely honest person over there, for he didn't, have, a second pair of sox when he landed m New ' Zealand. Not so now,./ r! :h6w.? ?ver ; he has prospered much m Ward?s Own Country, and prior to the Gam-^ ing Act, was A PRINCE OF GOOD FELLOWS , amongst the big^bug bookmakers, who daren't, go on a course Without Ha'penny's approval. To this day su-. perior bagmen wink violently when! Kraetzer's.name is mentioned. It will be vividly recollected what a .howl there was throughout the Dominion when Ha'penny or Farthing. or. Kraetzer, or, whatever his name is, roped^ m -a big crowd of cash .-• pencillers iri. the vulgar . outside pavilion, it: the . Cup meeting, .and let thegilde*! met-) alliciaois who mixed with the .snOjbpc-, racy m the Bai Jove enclosure go Rmdling 'blandly, and winking , w£th violence ori their way. ''There's one';' law for the Tien and another for the poor." >It is claimed that Krafetzer's* AstonisMng methods of dealing' with bookies "was. responsible for the ''newlaw relating to those gentry, and that 1 Wanklyn's practice «f permitting coin.JiO be rung on 'after the race tad starred originated s the . rule about closing "the- tote >five minutes 'before the s^art^' '&ng of an event, a rule which"' t»; iclufbs illegally apply to licensed {bookmakers, a150... There is nothing m the' iAct about pencillers closing their mouths or their bags at any speoifiißil ,time. Why the devil Wanklyn should claim tfhfe sole privilege of putting on cash" after the iace had started;-: this my^Cilied Scribe doesn't fciiaw', 'as other club secretaries m the Dpiininion used to do likewise, ' but ''Truth's" informants say" "it was so. particularly flagrant at 'the C.S.C. as to, become ant opeft scandal. Is it not a fact, ttiey ask," that there is' still iying m the bumptious club's coffers, i^|6oo of dividend money rung on Idealist when the moke- was : winning,, .the Winter Cup. all the way vp f straight, and •that'^he-.investofs^who-J . ever they were) were afraid to., dca,w the cash* for fear of complications ? T-his usually well^mformed- paper loesn't/ know, but asks Secretary Wanklyn to deny the allegation f .and so lay a very material and unpleasant ghost. If the £600 is there, he, is invited to explain the-circumstan-ces connected with it, and why' the legitimate ' ■• HACKERS OP IDEALIST should be depriwd of more than half their " rightful dividend. H there is anything m it, no wonder there is a law about' early tote closing. Per- ; haps it was the lying rumor that, did it. At amyrate, these , columijs arc open wide for an- explanation.. The C. J.C.s • hatred of bookmakers, excepting • the big ■ fish, who used '■; to- tote * under private tec. Ha-penny's protecting wing, is rem-arkable and micalled for. It is true -a brutally' obscene person with a bag did once %et into the ..lawn and howl indecently, .at the .finish: of a race, "She m.! She.: — : — m!" and caus-' ?d deep. ..offence .to the women present, but there.is: no reason why:, the committee should bracket reputable bookmakers with this "garbage and make hard and fast rules against all. and sundry. Especially is it uwtolerable that they should employ a person like Farthing, about whom the, leviathans used, to wink and concerning whom leading guessers put their fingers to their noses. That Teutonic yidd has the fun of the C.J.C.,. .thei Metropolitan Trots, New Brighton Trots, Plurripton Park and Christ- 1 church R.C.J and is invested with thepower of Hfe and death .£ The Plumpton -crowd actually advertised that whoever Ha'penny deemfed to be undesirable he might m. •"his wisdom put off the course. If his Tjutcher or baker or washerwoman became uncivil to Kraetzer he could have them put off instanter. : '■: ' i THE UNUTTERABLE ARRO- • :• GATSICE of the foreign individual was displayed at the Polo Club-s sports, where the pf omoters, quite illegally, offered the right to bet to a leading firm of 3>ookmakers, who might pack two or three others, but" the unspeakable Half Copper said, "Leave it to me," and • personally issued thirteen or fourteen licenses, also- he hurled persons off the ground who opened their, mouths without his permission. As a polo- sports isn't-a rape meeting betting -there was a grossly: liilegal act. under- the gambling" <#aw, ;and thispapei: wants to know ; ito Kraetzer and liis committee didn't ,>Tghder. themselves liable. to prosecutaon for inciting to bet.. To invest a man like this with extensive powers is to open the door to corruption, for a racecourse detective is: human and open to. persuasion. He: gets into the. "dry"; things -by intimidating jockeys,, who taifiht or mdght not be .consorting .with evil characters, and it is unfair

to ask a man like that to be continually resisting a "tribe. Already Ha'penny Kraetzer ha^Jost employment on the G-eraldine, Waimate, Timaru and (we think) Rangiora .courses, because be ISN'T WORTH THE EXPENDI- ... ' TURE. , At one of these meetings he picked out. -two t of the lowest guessers he could find for sacrifice and let the bona fide layers go. That wasn't good enough ; : the Club' Secretary could do that, himself, easily, -and Farthing had to shift. Moreover, guessers are good for a club ; they encourage people to, bet,- ami it is to their interest that their clients should win. One person gaoled by' Kraetzer swore m "quod that he would dp for the pimp when he came out, • "but,: he engaged ! in , a btirglary instead, : and : while .i^ liie'buiWi'ng saw a'feeautifu) woman m bed, so that his emoJiioiis overcame ;him. The- assaulted female' screamed sp loudly that the i burglar-ravisher' was caught and went up ;.f or another five years; Thus did Far/jibing' escape . Let us pause here to. permit' persons insulted by the ato reply m kind.