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The totalizator is an instrument by which the operator 

 can record, for public view, the number of tickets taken 

 on each horse ; the total number being automatically 

 shown. The tickets bear the number of the horse and 

 the name of the race, so that all the backer has to do is 

 to pay his money and take his ticket. Every machine 

 should be in electrical communication with the judge 

 or other official, who should be able to effectively lock 

 it the moment the starter's flag falls. Having frequently 

 seen the ordinary form of machine " manipulated," I 

 must say that I prefer to it the kind used in South 

 Africa. In it a book of tickets (somewhat like a cheque 

 book), numbered in succession, is placed before each 

 number. The tickets on being purchased, are torn out 

 of these books in the sight of all men, and given to the 

 buyers. The public can thus see whether or not anyone 

 attempts to take tickets after the race, and the numbers 

 taken remain on record until all the winners are 

 paid. 



Race Pools may be got up by any number of persons 

 who bid for choice of horses entered for a race, the 

 buyer of the winner of which takes the several amounts 

 bid for the other horses. Say, for instance, that the 

 horses Lancer, Gaylad, Breeze, and Phantom were 

 entered for a certain race ; the auctioneer would then 

 ask, "How much for first choice?" Suppose A bid 

 Ks. 50, B bid Ks. 70, and D finally got it for Es. 500 : 

 D would then have the choice of any one of the four 

 horses. Let us say that he took Gaylad. The second 

 choice for Lancer, Breeze, and Phantom would, in the 

 same manner, be put up to auction : and suppose A got 

 it for "Rs. 400 and took Lancer; also that B got 



