A "PECULIAR" PENCILLED

NZ Truth, Issue 145, 28 March 1908, Page 2

A "PECULIAR" PENCILLED

The suicidal rashness of a penciller nearly caused an accident at Napier Park on Wednesday, and m future he should be more careful m opening the betting, or there may be a vacancy on the list of paddock pencillers. * After finishing paying out over the Kuao Handicap the bookie mentioned scanned the scratchings for the event, and calmly, deliberately, and without the least suspicion of excitement, offered "evens the field." Instantly he was surrounded by every punter within a 20 yards' radius, aji yelling and figktlag to get On, and it

was some seconds before order was restored sufficiently for the Tommy to announce that one man had "secured the lot,"- and the disappointed punters fell back and went m search of something better that the. "take 6 to 4" that was bawled m their ears by "safety" bookmakers. An.examination of the bagman's ■'bible" disclosed the fact that the ''lot" amounted to— three quid! This Tommy^.js evidently suffering from enlargement of the •heartj arid the crushing he received may seriously nU feet his health, a fact which will be seriously regretted by punters after his munificent offer on Wednesday. ,