TURF SCANDAL
SENSATION IN FRANCE JOCKEYS IN LPAGTJE WITH BOOKMAKERS. Bv Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright Australian ami N.Z. Cable Association(Received June 4, 12. 0 p.mj LONDON, June 2. The “Daily ChronicleV’ Paris correspondent reports that a turf scandal has been revealed - at St. Cloud as the result of a jockey, accused of pulling a favourite, admitting that he was guilty, and pleading that other jocKej\s also received Uribes from bookmakens. An investigation showed that, although bookmaking is illegal, 100,000 sterling is being placed with the bookmakers every day. The bookmakers have an army of touts in cafes and restaurant**.
Certain jockeys have been participating in bookmakers’ profits after pulling heavily-backed horses. It is now proposed to open totalizator offices in Paris and to impose heavy increases in the-penalties against bookmakers in order to stop bookmaking.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10607, 4 June 1920, Page 5
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133TURF SCANDAL New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10607, 4 June 1920, Page 5
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