TOTE AND BOOKMAKER.
INTERESTING OPINIONS. By Teleffraph—Press Association—Oopyrishi Sydney, April 25. Mr. Sol. Green, bookmaker, thought that tho totalisntor would deteriorate thoroughbred breeding. The best mares were not bought in New Zealand, -where the totalisator existed. If New Zealand horses sent here to be sold had been bred in New South Wales or Victoria, they could not have been bought at auy price. As a bookmaker, he absolutely favoured tho totalisator, providing the proprietary clubs got nothing out of it. As a horse breeder, he certainly opposed the machine. His betting turnover was about ,£300,000 yearly, and he made a sporting offer that if tho Government would guarantee him 5 per centum on his turnover, he would give 3 per centum of it to charity.
The sporting editor of tho Sydney "Sun" approved the totalisator, because it was tho best method of betting, but tho bookmakers should be allowed to compete with tho machine for the good of tho game. He estimated that 925,000 people annually attended race meotings round Sydney. The amount of betting at these meetings was about .£6,000,000. Tho totalisator would make for purer racing. He saw no objection to women betting.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1424, 26 April 1912, Page 5
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195TOTE AND BOOKMAKER. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1424, 26 April 1912, Page 5
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