BACKING A HORSE.
A ''good one" trom the "Cur k church San" r - Talking of bookie (Ypti weren't ? Well, we Were 1%6: : fioe-lopkiug bellows in u couutry towo once, met au urge;, »t to .work to give thema ? few tips,; : ipr io- impending rac<? Imeetirig." VBut : where could we back a horse in the -tpWDship ?" t^ey^fced.^} Thai one. ;' , W^yJ^^ a i'^^^' was the respoust. SP to the hotel. Tie ' uiegjrv-pwed the publican a few to maKtbe- wager he stood in the . : bactgrpand, "Betting on the races ??t ? asked oioe. "Yes—2o to 1 bar was the response from the pdblicahi Which three are you •':■ barriug^^';-VWeil<^;:- ; s"a.i.d the publicans, and you . two—" ..tt;: ttansplred that the sergeant bad obtained the services 01 two ih order to catch the publican betting. That bote I keep r was too-wide awake lor the ■■'sergeant"-;'.-/-'Y-' r ;' -.' -\- : .
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Samoanische Zeitung, Volume 23, Issue 30, 27 July 1923, Page 8
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140BACKING A HORSE. Samoanische Zeitung, Volume 23, Issue 30, 27 July 1923, Page 8
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