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MEETING AT SHANGHAI USE Of COURSES PROHIBITED SHANGHAI, duly 12. .Shanghai, with its pony and greyhound meetings, has more Mian 150 raring days a year. As a result, it is said that bookmakers in oilier parts of the world, including Australia, have been easting longing eyes in this direction. All hopes of reaching a newEldorado were shattered to-day. however, when the Greyhound Racing Club, following the example of two horse-raring clubs, decided to restrict betting to the parimutuol, and to forbid bookmakers the use of the courses. The clubs retain a percentage of the parimutucl, which also provides about £20,000 for charities every year.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16705, 24 July 1928, Page 3
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