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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 30 December 1901, Page 4

Here are just a few idioms used by the betting man when he wishes to convey the fact that some horse or another holds a winning chance second to none;— “Pinch,” “snip,” ‘'nap,” “mince,” “all jelly,”, “moral” (an abbreviatian of “moral certainify”) and “biz” (short for “good business”). Backers know to their sorrow that in a great number of races, horses run which are not meat to win. An equina competitor of this sort is variously termed a “stumer,” “stiff’nn,” “wrong'un,” and “dead meat.” The same thing is meant when an animal is said to he “taking the air,” or “out with the washing.” If on the other hand, a man-in theknow remarks that a certain horse is “going out,” “spinning,” or “buzzing,” he moans that the gee in question is to win if ho can, the stable connections being, Out For Blood. i.e., backing their candidate heavily. Such an item of information is valuable, and the individual to whom it is imparted promptly acts upon it. For, as they themselves would say, they have received the “ whisper,” the “griflln,” or the “ griff”—the straight, tip in fact. The man who communicated the information is very likely an astute turfite of long experience, who makes his living by backing horses, Bookmakers will toll you that ho is “head,” “nut” or dead sharp,” Much more profitable to the bookies are those customers who understand but little about racing, and who back their fancies at considerably under the proper rate of odds. Such speculators are term “mugs,” “fiats,” and “cans.” A man who backs a winner and omits to claim his winnings is denominated a “sleeper.” When a race has been won by a rank outsider and you hear some delighted bookmaker yell to his brother-layers that ho has had a “skinner,” you may know that he has not laid the odds to a single shilling against the victorious animal, so consequently has nothing whatever to pay out over the race. This is called “skinning the lamb,” and ‘ skinner” is an abbreviation of the term, Wiih your horsey man, money is “stuff,” “ready,” or “ready iron.” At the end of a bad day he does not say that ho has lost all his cash, but that he has “done it in,” or “blued it in.” “Chalk-jockey” is the term applied to a rider who is so little known that his name has to be chalked up by the man in charge of the number-board. Those horsemen who adopt the Yankee “seat” are called “crouchers” and “climbers.” A rider suspected of having or “pulled” his mount to prevent it winning, is declared by indignant backers to have “come to the strong arm” or the “Sandow while one who is shut in by other jockeys is said to be “shepherded” or pocketed.”

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