PAID PIMPS.

NZ Truth, Issue 179, 21 November 1908, Page 2

PAID PIMPS.

An Otaki Effluvia. | From the very nature of their calling, their surroundings, and often their antecedents, the race coursev detective lives m a world of* his ownr and is feared only, by the qua and guesser, W the race, course only, because it is on the heath; that the race courise : 'tec. is any sort of a power. Moreover, these 'tecs, have ahabit of growing quite affluent, and if they don't soon, become the proud possessors of a terrace or two, they blossom out as race-horse owners, of course under the lap, and the wonder (to some) ' is how they do it. None -for a single second would willingly believe, unless the proof was as * strong as the scent of a nigiit-cart, that they listen to reason, i and would: leave unmolested 'guns and; spielers, and other vampires, if these par- ; asites came to light '• occasionally;; These , 'tecs, are handsomely -paid, so it is whispered, and perhaps they require :. to I* handsomely , paid, for. the work they dp 1 ; or are expected to do, and it .doesn't naturally follow that they dp what they are paid'to dp. The . fact^ .that the recent Trentham and Riccarton meetings were simply a gathering of all the crook clans that can be mustered m New Zealand, was commented on. m. ' these columns and one naturally asks what were these paid pimps doing' to allow these parasites to infest a race course to the detriment of ordinarily honest •, punters ana racegoers. \Yhy, the number of guns out at the last Trenlhain meeljing was enough to make aa ~" honest man yell "Police and Murder." Why weren't they ejected ? Yes, why ?■ " Anyhow, there is a new race course pimp on the job of late, and, mention it ever, so softly, jt is no less a distinguished personage then ex-detective Maddern,, ■'■ of GHsborne famej who,, for his funny little ways up where they elect Jimmy Carroll to Parliament, was reduced, to the ranks, .and who, rather than 'pad the 'oof as, an ordinary slop", resigned. With Maddern 's past career as a successful e*ook-catchar, writer is not so much concerned, but a great deal of alarm is hereby manifested at Ins recent capers at Otaki, where he acted as race course pimp, and, judging by Police Court results, Maddern pimped with some success, as a whole batch of "Tommies," real and the other sort, were fined m the Otaki Court' for trespassing or treason or something the sort. Fines from £10 to £20 were, imposed, and the treasury coffers showed J 'a huge surplus. Of course, glairing tfriough the list of those fined, one comes across some pearls of 'punco- steerers such as Garrity alias Wren, Ratcliffe, with; emphasis on the "Rat." Others are not quite so bad, though, why on .earth Isaacs, Stellin, and one or two others should fetch £20 while' the pearls above . mentioned should only be met With a "tenner fine knocks us into a cocked hat. Apparently Madderu was on the job all right that day, or those days\ but what just about licks creation is why did such "reputable" books as Ross and Bradshaw, and "Puffer" Ryan " escape Maddern's I "heagle heye." Rumor hath' it, and the tongue of the jade isn't bridled either, i that the blessed trinity mentioned freely laid tote odds and operated with, their doubles till the bovines broke for bunk, and yet Maddern failed to nab 'em. Perhaps the trinity were too smart, and the others that were pinched were as slow as cart-horses. Anyhow, it is ridiculous to assume that Maddern is unacquainted with either Ross, .Bradshaw, of the aforesaid "Puffer." The. proceedings at Otaki are redolent of the one law for the rich and another foi the poor order, and Maddern, if he is to make a huge ; success of the racecourse detecting business, had better exorcise greater care or "Truth" will la* on him like a ton of hri' l«s and other things too numerous. to mention, so great is the pressure on our space, (