The Quarterly Review, Volumes 250-251William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1928 - English literature |
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... pari - mutuel , were prohibited , for they would clearly constitute a ' place ' to which persons would ' resort ' for the purpose of betting . Furthermore , it was not possible for race- course managers to exact fees from bookmakers for ...
... pari - mutuel , were prohibited , for they would clearly constitute a ' place ' to which persons would ' resort ' for the purpose of betting . Furthermore , it was not possible for race- course managers to exact fees from bookmakers for ...
Page 337
... pari - mutuel on our racecourses . After the meeting with Mr Churchill the Jockey Club , acting in conjunction with the National Hunt Committee , which controls steeplechasing , appointed a committee to ascertain the means by which ...
... pari - mutuel on our racecourses . After the meeting with Mr Churchill the Jockey Club , acting in conjunction with the National Hunt Committee , which controls steeplechasing , appointed a committee to ascertain the means by which ...
Page 338
... pari - mutuel form of betting . The differ- ence in principle between collection of the tax by the racing authorities and collection by the Government is at once apparent . The racecourse people can make the levy , pay the Government ...
... pari - mutuel form of betting . The differ- ence in principle between collection of the tax by the racing authorities and collection by the Government is at once apparent . The racecourse people can make the levy , pay the Government ...
Page 339
... pari - mutuel system will be a novel experience . There is no difference in principle between the ' tote , ' as it is usually called , and the pari - mutuel . When either is used , the public , in the exercise of their judgment , decide ...
... pari - mutuel system will be a novel experience . There is no difference in principle between the ' tote , ' as it is usually called , and the pari - mutuel . When either is used , the public , in the exercise of their judgment , decide ...
Page 340
... pari - mutuel machines , costing about 100l . each , are used in Canada , Kentucky , and other of the United States . Thirty or forty of these machines will , it is said , meet the needs of an ordinary racecourse crowd . In Australia ...
... pari - mutuel machines , costing about 100l . each , are used in Canada , Kentucky , and other of the United States . Thirty or forty of these machines will , it is said , meet the needs of an ordinary racecourse crowd . In Australia ...
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