The Archive · 1930

Small Money at the Races

To the Editor of the "NontH-Ciina Datty News."

Sm—Through the medium of your newspaper I learn that a Jockey was disqualified for bumping and boring in one particular race. Has_not the Jockey Club also done a little boring during this last meet~ ing by allowing their shroffs at the pari-mutuel counters to pay out discounted silver money?

When, say, pony was you 90 cents small money; whereas. if you offered them 10 cents small money to make up even money they flatly refused to accept.

Who gets this squeeze, surely not the Jockey Club, who would be satisfied with their 20 per cent.?

T can see no reason why it should not be just as easy to pay all paper money as this small coinage and thus make their patrons feel that, they are not being squeezed.

Tam, ete, Fam Sroer.

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