Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1911 — WOMEN LUCKY RACE BETTORS [ARTICLE]

WOMEN LUCKY RACE BETTORS

London Bookmakers Bay That They Are Able to Pick Long ShotaOne Big Winning. London. —A bookmaker confirmed the report that he had paid a society woman 130,000 on a bet on the City Suburban. This led to an inquiry among bookmakers and at Tattersail’s in regard to women betting. All have the same story to tell. . All agree that with a few exceptions the women bet a small amount and go for a long shot. They seem to get the first wind of a good thing when there Is one going, and they are bad payers.

Some of the bookmakers will not accept their accounts unless they are guaranteed by their husbands or other references.

One big bookmaker said that many women were clever and get excellent tips, so that he Is chary of committing himself deeply about even the rankest outsider when any one of a score or more women he knows takes a fancy to back it