BETTING.
Says the "Sydney Sportsman": There waa plenty of vurlety for tho punier who funded himself to operate on at Moorcfleld on Saturday laat. Jn uddlUon to the progrumtno under <llscustMon, puHhful poncillers woro propared to do buHlnesa on tho V.H.C. (Jrund National, to tnkts on ihe lifjhtfnn who wanted to back Clabby or McGoorty, or to buck at tho football follower}! who fancied either England or Australia. Not only woro tho odds' merchanta ready for stralghtout tlutters, but doubles, huclj as the Hurdle* and the fight, tho test football mutch and the ilßht, wore m full MwinK. It would be interosilng to know of «omo* thing that Austral fun** would not bet on. From n birth m a death, frc»m a bird to a bullock, U Is nil tb«< suimfl to the punter—ho 1h i-ver r«?n«ly to cough up hl« ca«h to Hiiy he known tnoro about it than th« other fellow. Au«tnilia'H Brent national 'industry" l», beyond all question, betting.
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NZ Truth, Issue 474, 18 July 1914, Page 8
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162BETTING. NZ Truth, Issue 474, 18 July 1914, Page 8
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