SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 January 1922, Page 11

SPORTING.

A few days back a London cablegram stated that’racing circles experienced a sensation recently by the refund to 40 bookmakers of bets totalling £3500, which were paid out by an army officer, Whose father is a successful owner of racehorses. The officer backed the winner of the chief race at Ixempton talk on October 8 by means of telegrams lodged at a village post office in the Midlands, apparently a few minutes before the race started. These telegrams were sent to forty bookmakers in various towns. The intelligence department of the post office investigated the despatch of these telegrams, and the bookmakers have/since, received a refund of the bets of the relative winner. The following additional information bearing on the incident is now to hand: Captain Owen Peel, son-in-law of Sir Robert Jardine, a leading owner of racehorses, refunded bets totalling £9500. .These bets were made by means of telegrams lodged at a village post office a few minutes before the race started. Captain Peel states:—“No one can afford to have his honor in doubt, and since the race I have thought a lot about the closeness of the time of the despatch of the telegrams and the start of the race. I have been by no means content. Finally, I felt that if the money were repaid there would be no further question in the matter.’’