UNDESIRABLE VICTORIAN BOOKMAKERS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1465, 23 May 1918, Page 9

UNDESIRABLE VICTORIAN BOOKMAKERS.

“We have in Victoria,” says “Winning Post,” in the “Weekly Times,” “some of the finest bookmakers in the Commonwealth—men who do not allow their feelings to influence their conduct. On the other hand, unfortunately, we also have some of the worst bookmakers in the country, and this class is increasing in numbers to such an extent that it is questionable whether the V.R.C. committee is a little lax in admitting applicants to the register. The men referred to are always out to show backers a point. They regulate their prices mainly upon their own estimate of the person who inquires about a horse. They are particularly fond of betting with women, because they know next to nothing about making a wager. These, too, are the men who disburse abuse quicker than dividends among the persons who back winners with them. Unintentionally, but surely enough, these