TATTERSALLS' ENCLOSURE 



am only taking them at hazard, but there are plenty 

 of others whose names would be taken for just as much 

 money if they pledged their credit. Of course there is 

 always the fascination of lingering on the rails to see 

 what is being done by owners and commissioners, such 

 as Charles Mills and others, but for life and bustle it 

 is frequently more interesting to be in the bustle of 

 the centre where men like Ike White, Albert Marks, 

 Harry Lewin, Joe Barnett, and others, including the 

 Alldens, have their pitches. Here there is frequently 

 a better pointer to a winner by watching quick rush- 

 tactics than the more methodical process where the 

 rails divide Tattersalls from the club enclosure. Very 

 frequently, too, there is more liberality extended in 

 the " crowd." It is possible on occasions for the 

 average of the odds not to beat us, and an intuition 

 as to a likely favourite can be taken advantage of 

 directly they open their mouths, and double the odds 

 procured by snapping up an offer at once. 



Since the suppression of amateur bookmakers in 

 the club enclosure they have had to continue their 

 business on the same level as the so-called professionals. 

 A baronet, Sir Patrick Blake, shouts the odds and 

 takes the bets just the same as his rivals. Then there 

 is Charles Hince, who had with him the last time I saw 

 him the excellent Tom Diamond, who once was in 

 rather a big way on his own. 



Then there is Jack Hampton, who is connected with 

 the largest firm in London, Ladbroke's, Old Burling- 

 ton Street. The business done by this firm is 

 stupendous. Profits in one year have been known to 

 be as high as sixty thousand pounds. Such a business 

 could not be carried on without the most perfect 

 organisation. Ladbroke's is to an extent a single- 

 handed affair — with regard to head management and 



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