BOOKMAKERS DEFENDED
Arr. II. M. Duncan, a prominent trolting mad from Perth, has beep coniparing iight-harness racing in Australia with that in Ncyv Zealand. - -He seems to overlook the i'act (states the Otago Dailv Times) that proprietary racing retarded the sport in Australia, and it is now practically defuriet in Victoria. It had a "flash-in-the-pan" life when -Mr. John Wren introdueed big stakes at Epsom. Mr. Duncan objeetsj to the bookmakers, but reeognises that the big operators prefer the set prices I to the unknown odds obtainable from 1 tlie totalisator. In otlier words, the big operators will always bet in the best niarket. The c.laitn that the bookmakers are i prejudicial to the welfare of racing | (continues the Otago Daily Times) ap- | pears to disregard the fact that highly- j paid officials are in charge of thp run- \ uiug and should be capable of elimin- ! ating any faults that demand prompt ' attention. • i If the paid ofiicials were thoroughly j capable and were baeked by honorary I officials, it would be very difficult to ' iii'd any fault with the ' tone of the sport under any system of betting.
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 May 1946, Page 6
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