SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 May 1922, Page 8

SPORTING.

.RACING IN ENGLAND. NEW PHASE IN BETTING, THE DERBY THIS MONTH. By Telegraph.—Press Assn .—Copyright. Received May 14, 5.5 p.m. London, May 13. Ante-post betting in England is becoming less and less popular, clubs finding it difficult to create a live market. The Derby is being run on May 31, and the lists of quotations are published dally In the newspapers, which frequently describe them as sham betting, ant. almost daily allusions are made to the farce of the bookmakers determining the prices while the public looks on.St.'Louis' easy victory in the Two Thousand Guineas made him an automatic favorite. He is a grand colt, and is trained by Gilpin, but the position is clouded by the fact that Gilpin has Re-echo, in a different ownership, recalling the problem of the 1920 Derby, when the same trainer had Spion Kop and Sarchedon, and the long-priced candidate won comfortably. Gilpin delights in mystifying the public, and Re-echo and St. Louis will not be tried together until they meet in the Derby. pondoland’s easy win over a moderate field in the Newmarket Stakes did nothing more than strengthen St. Louis’ position, but the bookmakers clipped a couple of points from - Pondoland’s prices, shortening other quotations in sympathy.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.