BEAT THE BOOKS
the popular charts in circulation on the eve of the Avondale meeting, .there were some combinations that were shown at ridiculous prices. Indeed, in some cases the favourite way was as short as sixteens, which in two big races bearing a most open appearance was absurd. When High Pitch won the principal handicap he paid a double figure dividend, and King Lu followed suit in the sprint. The price on the machine on this winning double was worth about 125, whereas the charts offered only half this figure, so that on this occasion it paid to back the double on the totalisator by playing the winnings on the first horse on the fancy in the second leg. In addition, the totalisator still gave a second dividend, so in this particular instance the bookmakers were thoroughly routed. Their consolation was that the success of two mild outsiders was all in their favour, so why worry about the price?
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 632, 8 April 1929, Page 12
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