Gambling; Great Britain -- Social life and customs
“JOHN KINGFIELD,” otherwise “Frank Foreman,” the Post Office,
——.—Through the supineness of the Postmaster-General, this
travelling tipster is allowed to use the Post Office in
different towns where races are being held as an accommodation
address.
M. B. PIZZEY, Heath Villa, Ascot.—This tipster formerly owned
a number of race-horses, but owing to exposures in _Truth_ the
Jockey Club forced him to give up his ownership under a threat
of being “warned off” the Turf. Now an ordinary touting tipster.
“ARTHUR MORDAUNT,” Oak Villa, Ascot.—Pizzey under another name.
“CAPTAIN” W. GOUGH, Chavey Down, Bracknell, Berks.—Supposed to
be connected with Pizzey.
—— KEEBLE, H.M. Prison, Wormwood Scrubbs.—Now serving six
months’ hard labour for fraudulently offering tips in the
name of Mr. W. H. Schwind, an owner. Another rascal last year
perpetrated a similar swindle by assuming the name of Mr.
Sievier.
HOBDAY, 3 Bridge Avenue Mansions, Hammersmith.—An ornament
of the profession who, having backed his own tips and lost,
pleaded the Gaming Act when the confiding bookmaker sued him.
J. ALEXANDER, 5 New Turnstile, W.C.—A trickster pretending that
he works “for a gentleman who has made a fortune out of the
Turf.”
H. SINCLAIR, _The Excelsior_.—Sends out under this title a tiny
sheet containing “tips” of races run two or three hour’s before
it was posted, the object being to secure subscribers for a
“daily wire service.”
ARTHUR CRADDOCK, 16 Air Street, Piccadilly.—Distributes tips
by circular unsolicited, and when he chances to name a winner
forwards another circular demanding “remuneration.”
H. HIBBERT, Florinda Villa, Stevenage Road, Fulham.
L. RIVERS, 1 Conway Cottages, Lower Station Road, Newmarket.
J. J. KIRK, Southwick, and 115 Queen’s Road, Brighton.
MANSER, 123 Holloway Road, London.
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