The Latest Betting Scandal.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3031, 17 October 1888, Page 3

The Latest Betting Scandal.

A strange story was told Mr Partridge, a London police magistrate a few days ago, by a lady who possesses the somewhat unfemiaine failing of bettuw, This young person was fora large draper's shop at where she saved money. Withes and what sLo managed to obtain from friends at Sheffield, including a father, who is well off, she originally started in tho business of open air betting. The Mercury who did her messages was a shoeblack, and ft postman laid a snare for her. He introduced himself to the fair dealer of bets as slio stood beside a letter-box three weeks ago, and thore proposed that they should, after finding oat the winnor in a race from the "tape" "get on tho starting price •with a man tho postman knew, " who was a great fool with bis monoy," and did not mind what money ho lost. Tho two conspirators found out tho winner, made their bets, the postman handing over an ostensiblo £lO note, and tho young lady ,£9 to the man "who was a groat fool with his money." Since then she has not scon herpurposed victim, He has vanthoi'Jof thefair speculator. ShcHficcts him and tho postman of conspiracy. Probably slio is right, but nobody will feel much sympathy with the "biter bit" although slio is a very well dressed young woman,