Gambling; Great Britain -- Social life and customs
Yorkshire Herald { 6 selections (one “starred”)
(Yorkshireman) { —all wrong.
Yorkshire Press { 6 selections (one “special”)
(Ivanhoe) { —2 right (_not_ the “special”).
Result { 6 right.
{ 57 wrong.
There are many examples of the inaccuracy of sporting tips in the
evidence of the Select Committee on Betting. The best are given below:—
REV. J. W. HORSLEY’S EVIDENCE
(_a_) Manchester: out of 40 selected winners, not a single one
was right.
(_b_) Seven sporting papers gave 79 horses: in 74 cases their
predictions were wrong.
(_c_) Case of the _Standard_, which selected 179 horses for 148
races: 155 were wrong, and 24 right.
(_d_) In 7 races the chief sporting papers gave in one week 45
horses, of which 40 were wrong; again, they gave 47 horses, of
which only 1 was right.
(_e_) In one month the chief sporting papers gave 898 horses
for 156 races, out of which 777 lost.—_Vide_ p. 183 of Report.
THE DUKE OF PORTLAND AND TIPSTERS
The Duke of Portland sent £7: 14s. to thirteen sporting
prophets. Four of these sent him 35 losers and 1 winner.—_Vide_
p. 186 of Report.
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