BRILLIANT!
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Some person doyl/n south' had .a . brain wave the 6the,r day and he wrote to the official organ of racing about it. ■ •- HE had a, plan to wipe out the books, and he suggested that from 1 time to time of entry till the hour before, a meeting started no information 1 about the field-^weights, acceptors,;, etc. — should go to the outside world. The suggestion was termed as "novel" by the official organ, but "Truth" would 'call it cranky. ■'.. . . Just imagine a National meeting coming on and „ not a word about the runners, the weights, the quality and size of the fields, being" allowed to see the light of day. The meeting would be a great, success—perhaps. •'.. . It is the great, publicity -.given to the sport, or rather' game, by the Press that makes it so popular. t Let the newspapers cease publishing weights, acceptances, track' work and the rest of the publicity so necessary to a race meeting, and see what happens. The bookmaker may go but of business, but simultaneously with his demise will be the death of racing. : There is only one way to fix the bookmaker — re-license him under most stringent conditions.
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NZ Truth, Issue 1080, 12 August 1926, Page 11
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201BRILLIANT! NZ Truth, Issue 1080, 12 August 1926, Page 11
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