THE "DOUBLE" MACHINE

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13936, 15 July 1919, Page 2

THE "DOUBLE" MACHINE

lav their annual report, the CJom- j mittee of the Thaineg Jockey Club j ii-aisf eome'thiug 1 'to say about' 'extra' racing days and als<> the double mar chine. The report was as follows: Bo*h" iiie Racingl CJonference avrt the Country Clubs* Afisociatioa aie moving' towards getting a restoration of the days oi racing filched fjfoin us by thet 1910 Gamingl Leg-isla-tion, and 'both 'bodies the Committee understand, intend worE'ng strenuously to gain the end ia .view It was pointed out by the cthairjuan i c|f (the Racing in h;8 annual address last week, th.vfc the sporting .people were enjtitl»l to every favourable oonfiideraitio'k mas-" much a® during the four years of war Racing Qubs had contribute-1 £150,000 to patriotic funds aaxl £852,000 an 'taxes—just over a. million) of money in. four years —a good record. A propojaal hag. also been carried by both bodies to seek Jftgislativ® aiuitihorfftty to. reinstate the DoiU'ble; Machine, the pri-Ticipal reason outside of fhe financial, being, that to do so> would practif/aily put down' the illegal double b^ok- ' making, which it is reported, goes . oi: to a very large extent a!' over i'tlw Doaninion; the single or ; straight-out totalisator has put ■ down, that form .of beting, and the ! Double Machine would tnid/tbtedly end tihe double;-!betitinig bovkn.nker. i The Committee e^pefct thiiti the fcolfiiighteoufi wall oppose' tU« .proposal | bftcause they can see thi iiiacfime i and the people who intesi on it : • they no doubt prefer allowing ijie secret illicit bet'tinig to go on. b<? ; cause they cannot see it, and therefore a-s it i& not visible to them it {■ in their. small judgment, cannot : exist, and thei plea of those who do I know, like the Racing < Conference I and/the Country Clubs' Association', j is put down as! merely a., eufeterfuge Ito gaini a machine Hiaj, will bring i more grist to 'their mills. These ■ two miatters are of great im-poi-tance I to us, and if a Conference of Cluibs | is convened during the ensiudriig session, of Parliament, the Club must , be represented.