"LEFT OFF THE CARD"

NZ Truth, Issue 1061, 25 March 1926, Page 11

"LEFT OFF THE CARD"

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«T.RUTH" is being bombarded with 1 letters complaining that the winner of this event was notion the card issued by "the books and th winner of that event was not given on the bit of paper the stay-at-hom,? -punter has to rely on. > - * . ■ • • ... It is certainly, marveHous how , often.it happens that a house/left „ off the card is the winner* but "itie : books'' cannot be blamed,- for the rs^iot'iheFf'fa'lit.^^"^ °f ***^ It if bad.enough to try and select a winn'.r straight, out with the winning horsa off the card, yet even then one *'• " .

has % chance of getting second, money, but with, a, doijble it is much worse! A punter from the north sends en a Carc j w jth the vyinnor of the second feg at Paeroa not inclined, .. •, ■,;■■-,%, „ „,'.. ' ,-■- It is, a hard world all right but this time jt should be hard for the book laying th,at .double. .... " ThV. first rule of betting says that each horse niust have a. chance to win,, but with one leg off there is no chanced '/Therefore there should be no Tho card had its usual "all m" printed at the bottom. Shbiild not this' Jjie amended to '.'fall m"? ■ . ■ • . ...•":•.; . „. . ■ '. "■ ■•••■".