The daily critic., 1890-07-02
AUSTRALIAN BETTING.
The Way Horse Races Are bet on In
the Antipodes.

From ne DsaUr N.ws.
Louis II. Scharrer, wcll.known
bookmakor and sporting man of Aus.
tralia, who has been travelling exton-
sivcly through the country, especially
in the East, has recently come to this
city and Is so taken with Il that he has
decided 10 locate here permanently
Mr.. ScharrCr enjoys In this country the
acquaintance of the best class Of sport.
Ing men, especially on the turf. He In.
tends to make application 10 make
books at Overland Park during the
spring and summer meeting, and will
do so on the Australian plan solely. A
AtVs reporter asked him IF he thought
the Australian plan would take In this
country"
We'll, ! don't know. You see, /
have that 20 learn. | intend 10 inaugu.
rate the Australian system or plan, and
/ feel that as novelty, Il will take,
and as soon as the betters get TO under.
stand II fairly, ] believe they will pre-
fer II 10 the American plan. 10 Is
simple and gives the better chance 10
hedge out after the race has started, II
he sees his horse get left at the post, or
get away bad"
How can you, under that plan, give
man chance TO bet after the horses
are of z"
Just as you would when they 90 to
the post. In Australia hundreds of
thousands Of dollars are bet on a single
race, and / have seen POO, 600 sOyereigns
bet on a race after the horses have left
the post and have entered the stretch.
Then, they do not use the board that Is
used In this country. The maker,
with but one clerk, gets a stand. He
adverises himself In the sporting
papers as being at such and such a
place, or under such a tree, where he Is
ready TO take bets on all events In New
Zealand and Australia.
Now, he will lay odds that look
fabulous 20 the better in this country.
He stands on a box with a list Of the
starters printed on a sheet of paper
and the odds he Is Offering He makes
straight bets and place one, two, three
OF course, his straight bels are very
short compared 10 the place odds, and
In that country the betters prefer 70 try
and pick the tirst three horses, and odds
Of $500 10 70 is very common bet on
three horses. such bets are also made
on picking the three winners Of the day
separately, a sort Of combination, as you
call il in this country.
The bo0kmakeT stands with a
satchel open ia front Of him strapped
around his neck. The tickets he holds
are numbered ConseCutively, and as a
person makes his bet he Is given a
ticket with the horses name on il In
exchange for his money The clerk
takes the number of the ticket aud the
amount IL calls for. He adds this TO
the last ticket sold on the horse, there
fore keeping a total amount always 10
front Of him Of the amount % be paid
out on each horse In the race. Now.
when they 90 10 the post be tells the
L0okmakeI how bis sheet stands and
then The odds are raised on lowered on
each horse.
AS soon as they get of the book
maker notes their position aud imne-
dialely goes through the crowd, calling
ont odds on such and such a horse. So
much that the one I'm front won't win
on So much on the fayOriJe, AS they
enter the stretch be keeps up his betting
until the horses are near the wire, and
takes 20 thousands of soyereigns on the
different horses while they are running
When the race Is over be Cashes his own
tickets as they are presented, being
handed by the clerk ihe numbers Of The
winning tickets