THE TOTALISATOR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 18, 4 January 1912, Page 6

THE TOTALISATOR.

BOOKMAKERS FAVOURED BY MR. GLOVER. SIR RUPERT CLARKE’S VIEWS. (Per Press Association ) Auckland, January 4. Giving evidence before the New, South Wales Totalisator Commission, Mr. A. Glover, ALP., said in bis opinion racing clubs deliberately) brought into disrepute the bookmaking frater-, nity as a whole: iu, : order to get the betting profits into their own hands. He favoured both the totalisator and bookmakers. Pressed to say which ho would have if he had to make a choice he admitted that the racing public wanted* the totalisator. He believed that if the question were submitted to a referendum both would be abolished. Asked if the totalisator favoured horse owners, Mr. Gloverreplied “No.” Asked why, then, hq'rse owners favoured the totalisator; he said certain big men would rather take less odds from the totalisator than bet with a bookmaker. The Chairman stated that he had received a cable from Sir Rupert Clarke one of the leading racing men of Australia, stating that he intended to advocate the introduction of the totalisator.