A PUNTER'S LUCK.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1104, 3 June 1913, Page 4

A PUNTER'S LUCK.

Some people say there is no such thing as luck, but one man in Wanganui holds a contrary opinion (.says a correspondent). It appears that at the end of Thursday’s race meeting he found himself considerably richer against his will. Just before the start of the Connolly Handicap he rushed up to the totalisator and asked for two tickets on No. 4 (Patriotic) and two on No. ix (Otahu). But he was handed 4 tickets on No. n (Otahu). When he noticed the error that had been made he rushed back to the machine, and expostulated vehemently with those in charge, demanding that the tickets should be changed. The officials, however, were adamant, and contended that he had been given what he had asked for. The punter was loud in his complaints, and actually had his finger jammed by the shutter of the machine in an endeavour to prevent it being closed. Meanwhile the race had started, and failing to get any remedy from those in charge cf the machine, the irate man went to the secretary’s office (in accordance with the advice of sympathisers in the crowd) to voice his complaint. The official listened carefully to the visitor’s tale of woe, and then drew his attention to the result of the race, just being hoisted above the judge’s box —n, 3. 1. The disappointed one hurriedly disappeared, and calmed down sufficiently to collect a remarkably good dividend, something in the region of over ,£2OO.