SAFER RACE COURSES
POLICE DRIVE At HOME. . . London, July . 16. Bullies, pickpockets, and welshers have almost disappeared from racecourses throughout Britain, according to the News-Chronicle, which ■ attributes the change to the activities of the Jockey. Club’s poljce force, consisting of 4D?ex-. policemen and ex-service men, enrolled ill 1935.
Race gangs that were terrorising the courses have been broken up, and suspicious characters.. driven off.. Bookmakers declare that the rings to-day are like drawing-rooms,, and that women are now able to patronise the cheaper enclosures in perfect safety, ; ■. .
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 July 1931, Page 4
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