THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1960.
Today CLIVE GRAHAM reveals HOW THE BOOKIES CAN BE BEATEN
CARONIA
MASTER-MINDS OF THE RING PASSENGERS
The fantastic St. Leger 'fix'
By CLIVE GRAHAM
The most sensational by far of the many races in which Charlio Hannam ("Old England") pitted his brain against the operators opposing him from Tattersalls' Ring concerned the 1924 St Leger at Doncaster. Hannam, as 1 explained in my previous article, was always prepared to take or lay a bet, PROVIDED he calculated the odds to be in his favour.
The old man, for instance, was known to bel V10,00!! on a daris match, and I
remember seeing him strike some formidable wagers on his own skill billiards, when staying for Liverpool races at the Adelphi Hotel.
All The Brent professional did not sherlen. One ipit backers
chances reland
in maker,
From Moe Tarsh terms of money-value. On their Manchester. opca: ed tu be particular senle reckoning, willlar to continue to lay ngafest
this horse Indefinitely.
ian even-muney change in worth 450; 2 rates £33 and a few chillibus: 3. Í exactly £25; and 4-1 is £20
When Old England" was figuring out any race, he also took into acenunt the probable chances and "vators" for betting purposes of the horses involved, Iz his
stiraseulogy, he was nat ruch being as "shopping."
Series of bets
A friend took Hannam on one side, as he was prepared to no back again and double her bel.
'No chanco*
65 it," he implart d "You have no chance of
"Don't own him.
wing." 143
Thats a particula hope which
he cnuskhand should love
eu da on it the 1.1m, urgi at 450, and which he found), kort instring, end be obtained pe JA, say, it would double va treble bi- bet,
It was that way with the Ana Khan's Saimen Troll in ther 1924 St Leger. In finem's estimate, the interest adily for thur wall should have been no
Boskoven,
word
ut
favourite, Salmon Trout, would not win, and Carslake's money dißeulties would be solved. As a guarantee to this effect, Carlake Inid Moe Targh ʼn bet to lose
C5,000 it Salmon Trout were win the forthcomlug classic. His depend on how "cut" would maliofa
Tarsh might from the hig extraef
paniers, Ham in particular,
and there, his terrible predica- ment.
То Jose a race on a sit. Luned-up racehorse before the seruling of many thou.
kands of expert race-watchers. requires a greater degree of *kill than a win which can at times be merely fortuitous,
Fainted
JOE
never re-
"Ol England" ceived all the money which
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he won over the St Leger, but maile no demur-when he de- parted from the racing scene, bad That be deble owing from bookmakers amounting to more than the £100,000 which he won över this race alone.
Torsh, when he recovered. took a different and more bitter view. He endeavoured to suc Carslake. the Jockey, before Tattersall' Commitice the body appointed by the Jockey Club for arbitration into betting disputes—for his nate of £5,000, He hoped, In revenge, to have Carsiake wamed have
infraction of the racing rules on for his
this matter.
As "Brownie," to the outward eye calm, 'immaculate, and quite amperturbable whatever his is.ward Thoughts might been-walki frum the jockeys room to the parade
1 so happened that Salmon out Was to be ridden by weighing Bernard "Brownic" Carslike, the liant Astrilion Jockey Tag he was intercepted by an Gwljer, conected. with racing's top eireles, who genuinely liked and admired him, and for whom he had ridden in the past.
val as Harman who was as
mell, bu did not have his n of perceptions into racing's ends and chances.
Jockeys are strictly forbid- den to be, but it would be kullible on my part to suEKUSÍ that this rule is rigidly obey- rd.
Vargiske hud teens hating nan 52 (28) The heavily, and losing beyond a means. At this paruar perid be was "broke" with http thence of Anneval salvation.
bendunakum. offung (218),
Propoli of day before Bas Septembe, elinste was me.
The
hi wa kotiolate.
1 дра England" efecost up to Stanleys and took a series orangeland Moe Trsh, and b whil tofuded C100,000 worn them they hatchet ant
of het
120 DA And 1:1 dla parings, viol
whereby 1
Four D. Jones
BY MADDOCKS
IT'S GONE!
ME LOVELY BOMB
SWIDED FROM PEHIND ME BACK RIGHT UNDER ME
NOSE
VERDINAND
NANCY
I HATE
ROCK AND
OH, PEG THAT'S CORNY
I LIKE CLASSICAL
MUSIC
ROLL ---
GIVE ME
MOZART
BRICK BRADFORD
YOU WANT ME TO REPLACE THE PRESIDENT OF
IMAGAT..I WON'T DO IT, SARE!
REMEMBER, BRICK, OUR BARGAIN! YOU HELP WAS RESCUE MY FATHER... THEN WE'LL SEND A DOCTOR TO HELP DR. EASTLAND
PAM AND KRIS!
H'MM!
3:
A warning
“There are all sort of rumours. Ring ICİ. Brownie, sadi the man, to the effect that you have sold yourself to the XXK- muters and are going to prevent Selmon
Til frons winning.
t let me warm you that the słowards wil be following your vy nove and action Unough-
this race."
Carlake, creat vidre as he St Banger was, must have realiesd, then
Poor "Brownie" did his best. He had Salmon Trout tucked in behind the leaders, next to the rails, and it looked, they 3y, Impossible that he would be able way through. My to find any Press colleagues of the time were rlready writing him off as an "onlucky loser."
But the last quarter-mile of this longest of all the English classles. the jeaders began to tire and, from distress, roll apart from each other. and
from the rails. away
leaving cabs everywhere.
Carslake, with his horse full of running, had no option but to relax h hold on the reins and to storm past the post the
easy wirior,
Hunnam. Un on the stand, maled coolly that stretcher- bearers came into Tattersalls in carty away Moe Tarsh, who had Tainted. to A waiting ambulance.
ASLEEP!
THE FIENDS KIP WHILE ME CONS
IS NICKED
THE PIRATES ROW THE BOMB OUT TO THE GALLEON AT ANCHOR
YOU MIND
STANDING IN
OH, PEG--- WOULD
You KILL ME
THAT HOLE A
MINUTE ?
COME! WE'LL STUDY SOME
TAPES OF THE PRESIDENT OF MAGA... HIS NAME
IS KROY!
PROJECT
VERY WELL! LETS SES THE TAPES!
STEADY LAD!
By Mik
By Ernie Bushmiller
HAR HAR --- "SQUARE" PEG IN A ROUND HOLE
By Pant Norris
THATS MORE LIKE IT, BRICK...TAKE A GEATI KROY IS A RUTHLESS PERSON!
HE'S CALLED PRESIDENT... ACTUALLY HAS A STRONG-
ARM DICTATORJ
Anonymous donor
When It was pointed out to him that he would also come under the ban for his part in
the proceedings. this proposed line of action was cancelled.
The £5,000 bet awing was paid not long afterwards, anony- mously. And who, knowing the man and the circumstances. could think that the donor was anyone but "Old England?"
They say on the racecourse nowadays of him: We don't reem to see is like around any
more
Agreed.
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Solution No. 5796: 1 R-R7, K-Q1; 2 P-K(7. K-B2; 3 P K18 (0) ch, and wins.
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