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deluded backer has to put up with. I have seen this 

 done, and on mentioning the fact to the layer was 

 told— 



" It's none of your business. If it comes off V\l 

 pay it.'' 



He knew very well there was no earthly chance of 

 its coming off. As for it being none of my business, 

 I thought it was, and to open the eyes of the public 

 I exposed the dodge in the columns of the Sydney 

 L'eftrer, the turf department of which I controlled for 

 some years. 



Mr. George Adams is the largest and oldest con- 

 sultation runner in New South Wales, or, for the 

 matter of that, anywhere else. 



He runs his consultations, or sweeps, under the 

 name of " Tattersall/' and they are very popular all 

 over the Colonies. 



Hundreds of thousands of pounds have passed 

 through his hands in these sweeps, which are always 

 drawn on the fairest principle, and in the presence 

 of the press and other people. 



He held over two hundred thousand pounds over 

 one Melbourne Cup alone, one consultation being for 

 £100,000 in £1 tickets, and it filled easily. I am 

 writing from memory, but I think the man who drew 

 the first horse received about £25,000, or near it. 

 What a nice haul for a man for an investment of £1. 



A gknce at the list of winners shows the prizes 



