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...Landau, he had one of the worst relapses of his career. He made a fine, fast start and led the field for a mile; then, in the backstretch, he simply quit. Said a busted bettor: "That horse is so bad off, not even a head shrinker could fix him. His trouble is he knows he's inferior...
...Last year, using the Kefauver ammunition, Dan McCarty got elected governor. He wasted no time in framing a proposal that would hurt: an increase in the state's take at dog-racing tracks from 5% to an average of 7.07%, at the expense of the track, not the bettor. Although Johnston's lobbyists almost got the bill killed, McCarty rammed it through the legislature...
...field of horses running with the Dancer, they wagered that he would win his 1953 debut with ease. By the time the horses left the post in the first division of the Gotham Stakes, the Dancer was a heavy favorite: a $2 bet on him stood to win the bettor only 30?. He saw to it that his backers collected their dimes...
...expose the gambling machines that were milking Newark in the early 40's was exciting: "I had to ride back and forth on the train, look for men who were reading scratch sheets, and try to find out from them where the gamblers operated. I followed a heavy bettor to the gaming house, counted how many times he rang the bell, and ten minutes later did the same. After playing craps for a while on the newspaper's money, I left by telling them an ulcer was acting up. But all this isn't unusual. Most reporters...
...election eve one big-time bettor offered $100,000 to $50,000 that Antonio Prío would win. Confident President Carlos Prío counseled brother Antonio: "You do your best, and when the time comes, I'll give the final push." But a last-minute speech by the President was not enough...