RACING CONFERENCE.
DEFENCE OF THE "TOTALIS ATOli Press Association. t-j last night-. Jhe New Zealand Racin- Confer enc« opened to-day, Sir Geome Clif!iis adilr 10 01a V\ 1 Tlle President in 'T,?. s >V d that aII indications st ° wlill. t i' t t]l ° sport of racing had tl.nsc li i nc ] Vi 1 u ‘ Ct “ d "i popularity, and ti.osc selected to govern the sport- had made every effort to secure 1 the inmousing confidence of its supporter” iN ) trade or profession or pursuit u hich admitted of monetary l profit ■ } ever been wholly exempt from isolated attempts to reap the -olden reward of success by forhlddtm „r even fraudulent' methods, but assuredly i,, this country the turf did such f cases ll al, u l ] ud l ue Proportion of ,' , ca ses. Attacks upon the totahsator were still occupying preiutoi.irf"g tt ect a s ho°, f it^ of an amusement affording much in nocent pleasure The substitution of tin. totalisator for the bookmaker had lessened temptation, and its removal would produce an effect dramaticallv opposite to that sought for In- its misguided opponents. ltS
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2139, 23 July 1907, Page 2
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186RACING CONFERENCE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2139, 23 July 1907, Page 2
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