" LADBROKE'S " 



commanding vote, Mr Arthur Bendia, the promoter, 

 being in this fine position. The firm has absorbed 

 many estabhshed businesses, and the former heads of 

 these have thrown in their lot with the parent concern, 

 so that the Ladbroke's of to-day is one big amalgama- 

 tion, or rather absorption. Mr Bendia is a man of 

 unusual cleverness, with the capacity to make and 

 keep a clientele. His concern has had even the enter- 

 prise to place a charming lady on the rails at some 

 meetings, while the aforementioned Jack Hampton, 

 Tommy Graves and others can be seen in Tattersalls. 

 Charlie Wyatt (late of Regent Street), Fred Thompson, 

 artist and playwright, who wrote Eightpence a Mile 

 for the Alhambra, are to be found at the head office. 

 Here, by the way, a most excellent luncheon is served 

 daily for the heads of the staff. Every Friday evening, 

 too, after the business of sending out accounts is over, 

 there is carte blanche in the way of a late dinner at 

 (Romano's, the bills for which all go in to Hanover 

 Square. 



Betting has indeed undergone a great change. I am 

 not sure, but on the average the man who bets S. P. 

 may do just as well, and it saves such an immensity 

 of bother. I have seen it work both ways of course, 

 but given that a man is on the course to get the 

 latest inspiration, he can be sure of almost as good an 

 average of odds, and he stands and abides by it. Of 

 course on occasions there is the allurement to rush in 

 and take a price which is obviously a good one, but, 

 week in week out, there is not much in it, and the 

 repose is worth something. 



Perhaps there are not the personalities in the ring 

 which there were. There is no exact equivalent for 

 Dick Dunn, perhaps one of the best remembered of 

 bettors. He was supposed to be distinguished for his 

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