PUNTER'S HARD LUCK
One young nwner at the recent Whangarei meeting had a hard-luck story to teil at the ciose of the raeing. On the first day he had £5 each way on Grand Tourist, who paid double figures for a win, Unfortunateiy, the three-year-old was relegated to second and, although the backer won a tidy sum, the alteration in placings cost him just on £60. On the second day he decided to invest £10 on Hayduk for a place, but after making his purehase he found that he had been given win tickets. Back to the window he forced his way to have the change made. But imagine his chagrin when Hayduk caine home at odds of nearly 50 to 1, wliereas the place dividend was only a little more than one-twelfth of that figure. Thus, those two incidents cost the owner-punter nearly £500. As an old totalisator investor says: Never change a ticliet if you get the wrong one, for there are times when tlie seller unconsciously shows better judgment than the speculator.
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 November 1946, Page 3
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175PUNTER'S HARD LUCK Chronicle (Levin), 19 November 1946, Page 3
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