Word: bettor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Williamson, his owner, who had bet ?10 on him at 300 to 1 in the winter books, collected a cool $12,000. Also prideful was the London Daily Worker's handicapper, who had picked Russian Hero to win, insisting that the tip was not purely political, just a bettor's hunch...
...accordance with his last wish, the ashes of Herbert Wood, a $2 bettor, were scattered on the home stretch of the Saratoga racetrack...
...findings: poor parking facilities, not enough elbow room in grandstands. So Doc ordered up the largest parking lot in the U.S. (215 acres of it) and an ultra-roomy grandstand. His attendants, ushers and gatemen were drilled in courtesy. Strub even handed out kindly advice to the uninitiated bettor, posted such warnings as: "Bet only what you can afford to lose, not what you hope...
Horseplayers are as suspicious as they are superstitious. The $2 bettor, his nose buried in a Racing Form, usually has a queasy feeling that there are things going on that he wots not of, but that the wise boys wot right well. He is peculiarly sensitive to the great American dread of being played for a sucker. But he still thinks he has a chance?if he can dope some angles...
...dyed-in-the-wool horse bettor, dog racing is evidence that man will bet on anything that moves-be it kangaroos, chimpanzees or jumping frogs. Certainly a dog track is no place to admire the look of a dog: his face is wrapped in a muzzle that looks something like an air-raid warden's mask. But dog racing is an $81 million-a-year business in Florida...