Evening star., 1962-10-10
.SlEGH AT LARGE
Lady Bookmuker
Rotes One Edge
By MORRIS sIEGEE

LADY GODIvA WHO SHOWED Great Britain how
horses should be ridden would be proud Of Mrs Jenn1er
Rogers who is about to show Great Britain how horses
should be bet Mrs Rogers seeking license 70 oecome
England's first lady bookmaker.
One presumes Mrs Rogers, unlike the GoolVa gal,
will dress for the occasion In England Mrs Rogers not
only enjoys the full protection OF the law, but the bless
ngs of her husband we'll He thinks she's sure 10 make
q go of it.
shes been backing horses on since she was
IA" Mr. Rogers said land she does very well at IT. Ihere
Is no evidence support Mr. Rogers confidence since
both she and he still find 1t necessary to work for tnen
fish and chips
MRS ROGERS is 25-year-old schoolnistress in
Kngsbridge England according to dispatches Her entry
into the gambling business is not implausbe as the
bare record her past performance chart indicates From
bookworm to bookmaking seems natural evolution.
Nor will the intrepid Rogers woman enter the BOBBY
traps Of gambling apprentice. Only few, any, OF
her evenings spent grading homework papers BY
night she has been employed clerk accountant In
bookmakers office. 1--WE had good grounding in the
business" she declared, "and don't think III go 1ar
wrong
At time when the American bookmaker is fast be-
coming as extinct as the American Indian, Mrs Rogers
entry into the field will glamorze BritanS betting par
lors, a common market where the commoner and the
Fnoblemen have an equal chance
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BUT WHAT ABOUT Mrs. Rogers chances in Amer
icas bookmaking circles, pregamblng stamp and pre-
Kennedy How would the gamblers Of the opposite
welcome her appearance into the fold?
IT dunno" muttered one of the towns better known
spectators, invountarily out Of action II never
heard OF full time bookmaker know girls who
used deal blackjack and others who worked in the Of
fices Of horse clerks taking orders But don't
ever remember of being her own, the boss
1t suggested that slick chick with an inviting
voice the telephone might encourage the player to
risk more than he intended to bet
mo, definitely not" he said Sex don't have any
thing to do with it when you're betting high know when
II was betting high sometimes went weeks without look
y ing at my wife and she's pretty girl too"
AFTER MOMENT OF reflection, he added, THAT
voice wouldn't make much difference either In the book
making business you often deal with people you've never
seen Just conversatonaly You got idea what they
look like voice wouldn't be any help she had bet
ter odds then the next fellow, that would make differ
ence" stA
Our friend was generally skeptica Of woman ever
playing major role in the gambling business even with
somebody elseS money Il think guys would shy away,
they wouldn't want to bet woman. Women just don't
seem to have enough to put out bankro and let
people into it like guy would. You ever heard OF
notorious stock plunger? It's the same thing
AS far as this particular observer could determine
sthere was one advantage woman would enjoy in the
{ all-male field of American gambling
when they got raided their sentences wouldn't be as
heavy ours" he said Come to think of It, he added
that's heluva edge"