“SAFE BETS”

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 966, 8 May 1930, Page 12

“SAFE BETS”

PRACTICE IN ADELAIDE Tlie following circular, issued through the post from a tipster’s office in Adelaide, suggests (to the wan t-to-get-rich-quickly punters) that there are such things as “racecourse certainties,” and (to those who know the game) that by illegal methods it is possible to fix races. Apparently the authorities in South Australia are indifferent when they allow this sort of thing to pass; “Kay's Press and Telegraph Agency address box 58, G.P.0., Adelaide, Confidential Wire Section.—Dear sir,—We wish to notify you that arrangements have been made for a special certainty. The horse selected for this special is at the top of his form, and in a recent trial surprised even liis connections. He is good enough to win on his merits, but as the custom of the agency is to give clients periodically a horse that will not be beaten, arrangements have been made to prevent any chance of his being defeated. “These arrangements are usually expensive, and to comply with this, our fee for special certainties is £1 per wire. We expect this horse to start at exceptionally good odds, and advise clients, if possible, to back this horse with a bookmaker as the less money invested on the course the bigger price it will start at.

“Clients will remember our recent specials being I’ll Run, Nadean, Green Baize, all at big prices. We expect this special to be equally as good, and clients desiring to have a big safe bet are requested to forward their subscription without delay, as we send only a limited number of wires for our special certainties.—Kays.”