Untitled

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18888, 14 October 1929, Page 10

The London ’’Daily Mail” of A* gust 27 says:—The newest “character” to make his appearance on British racecourses is the One Man “Tote.” Racegoers at Hurst Park on Saturday saw him make 25 per cent profit on his capital in two minutes. A correspondent writes: “He trades on .he C act that the ‘tote’ has to close down in the f aces of hundreds of people who want to back horses in the next race _ He can be found as soon as the ‘tote’ is opened standing near the window at which bets on the favourite are accented. lie buys a big batch of these at 2s each, the standard price of each uni- Within a second of the window being closed he waves his tickets in the air. He has before him all the people who want t i back the favourite, and lie has in his hand the only available tickets relating to that favourite Small nondcr that he sells out at 2s fid a un i within a minute. It would not have mattered a great deal had he been left with ’tote’ tickets on his hands, as he deals only in bets on the favourite. ’

The week-end was an idle one at the port of Timaru. only one vessel, the Kamona, arriving yesterday with coal from Westport. The Kamona will, according to schedule, also be the only vessel in port today, making hut onp arrival in three days.