60 ON AND OFF THE TURF. 



without being molested^ I have no doubt his state- 

 ment -was correct. 



The " double event '^ betting has taken the place 

 of these " totes/' and some curious dodges these men 

 get up to. 



For instance, there is a double on the Flying 

 Handicap and Farm Handicap at Warwick Farm on a 

 Saturday. 



The names of the horses in the Flying Handicap 

 are on the top of a card ; if there are twenty horses, 

 there are twenty cards, one for each, and the names 

 of the horses in the Farm Handicap are printed on 

 each card below the name of each horse in the Flying 

 Handicap. As the double is taken the name of the 

 horse selected is struck out. Say the name of the 

 horse at the top of the card is Heather. Perhaps a 

 backer fancies Heather and Winker. If so Winker's 

 name is struck out on the card with Heather at the 

 top. 



The bookmaker stands in with someone connected 

 with Heather, and if Heather and Winker is a popular 

 double, when a backer has taken Winker the card is 

 quietly pulled down and a clean one, with Winker's 

 name on, put up. In this manner the double of 

 Heather and Winker, which is readily snapped up, is 

 laid, perhaps, some hundreds of times. The book- 

 maker knows he is perfectly safe, as Heather will not 

 run. This is a swindle, but only one of many the poor 



