A NEW STYLE OF BET.
A Saratoga letter 'gives this as the most popular horse race betting: JElat pools are becoming quite popjjlar^ among the Indies and gentlemen who frequent races. The numbers of the different horses are., , marked upon bits of paper, which, are placed and shaken in a oat, each nutnber ' of the pool drawing one after another > having previously deposited fifty cents ,■ for the privilege. Should the horse thil number calls for win, he secures the whole I sum> of money deposited. Id large parties the sum amounts to considerable during the four races, and. as no commitrionu are deducted, it is decidedly preferable to Morrissey & Co.'s system. ..... , r , ... , iii ,
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Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3007, 4 October 1878, Page 1
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113A NEW STYLE OF BET. Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3007, 4 October 1878, Page 1
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