BATTLING AGAINST THE BAR VONS.

NZ Truth, Issue 327, 30 September 1911, Page 2

BATTLING AGAINST THE BAR VONS.

"Augur" ('in London "Sporting Lrife") recently stated that the question, "Docs it pay to back horses?" has often been put to him; and his? reply to the query read : "It pays some people i; iL does not pay others. On the whole, 1 should sa3' thnt backing .horses does not pay, .unless a man has wonderful patience. Bet now and again, when you know something, or think you do',, and then dash it down, as though Monday had been jexpunged from .the calendar. " But don't bet on eyery race, or even every day." Of course it pays to back horses — pays the books for the general public to do so. There are, however, a few men at the game who'appfar t o make a fair "do" at it, but they do not work' by any system save m trying to beat the market, and by backing m most events often as many as three or four horses, .each m the event of winning to show a profit. Anyone who tackles this must be well tip to every market move. Possess a splendid knowledge of the form and. ability of the horses, and be inherited' with' a certain tact quite ■ unique • m its way ; but such intricate and allround : accomplishments are found. m but very few of our turf battlers.

,: Port William has been.giving • a lot of, trouble m his: front joints since his arrival at Trenthami His> owner, Mr G. J. Pavker, came down to see him , after thS Otaki meeting', ■„ -