TURF BETTING EVILS
"A CARNIVAL OF GAMBLING." By Telegraph-PrcEs Association--Ccipyrjffh.tr Sydney, June 2S. The "Herald" in a special article on the growth of the gambling evil in connection with racecourses urges the necessity for reducing tho days of racing. It declares that the main features of the Gambling Act have been defeated by pony and galloway racing. These meetings have developed into a. carnival of gambling, from which the element Df sport has been entirely eliminated. Those following the game are mostly young men, who would be of much greater ■benefit to tho community if they were helping in fighting for their country. It is high time the Government took steps to abate the evil. Referring to the admittance of children of tender years to racecourses, the "Herald" 6ays that the on some courses necessitate a physical strain, severe to the most hardened bookmaker and punter. It is a degrading spectacle to see a child being drawn into the vortex of the betting ring by a moth'er,intent on backing her fancy at tho cost and comfort of her offspring.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2809, 29 June 1916, Page 5
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179TURF BETTING EVILS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2809, 29 June 1916, Page 5
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