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.