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BETTING STATISTICS[16]
| Monday, October 3, 1904—Nottingham. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race. | Predicted Winner. | Won or Lost. | Gain. | Loss. | ||||
| Castle Selling Plate | Cricket | Won | £2 | 10 | 0 | .. | ||
| Bestwood Nursery Plate | Lador | Lost | .. | £1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lenton Firs Plate | Bicarbonate | Non-Starter | .. | .. | ||||
| Trent Plate | Matchboard | Lost | .. | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nottingham Handicap | Whistling Crow | Non-Starter | .. | .. | ||||
| Rufford Abbey Plate | Queen of the Lassies | Lost | .. | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| £2 | 10 | 0 | £3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tuesday, October 4, 1904—Nottingham. | ||||||||
| Barnby Manor Nursery H’cap | Bright Eyes | Lost | .. | £1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Welbeck Plate | Best Light | Lost | .. | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sherwood Forest Nursery Pl’te | Golden Measure | Lost | .. | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Colwick Park Plate | Ariosto | Lost | .. | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elvaston Castle Plate | Corunna | Lost | .. | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bentinck Plate | Haresfield | Non-Starter | .. | .. | ||||
| £5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Wednesday, October 5, 1904—Leicester. | ||||||||
| Maiden T.Y.O. Plate | Jongleuse | Non-Starter | .. | .. | ||||
| Gopsall Plate | Topiary | Non-Starter | .. | .. | ||||
| Midland Nursery Handicap | Vita | Non-Starter | .. | .. | ||||
| Randcliffe Plate | Ice Bird | Lost | .. | £1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Camp Handicap | Cleeve | Lost | .. | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Melton Plate | Bilbao | Non-Starter | .. | .. | ||||
| £2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Thursday, October 6, 1904—Leicester. | ||||||||
| Bradford Handicap | Van Voght | Non-Starter | .. | .. | ||||
| Kegworth Handicap | Accroc | Non-Starter | .. | .. | ||||
| Welbeck Plate | More Trouble | Lost | .. | £1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| October Handicap | Boycot | Non-Starter | .. | .. | ||||
| Village Nursery Handicap | Pelf Colt | Lost | .. | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Apprentices Plate | Merry Andrew | Lost | .. | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| £3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Friday, October 7, 1904—Kempton Park. | ||||||||
| Wick Plate | Thunderbolt | Won | £0 | 5 | 8½ | .. | ||
| Half-Moon Nursery Handicap | Nanclee | Lost | .. | £1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Imperial Plate | Signorino | Lost | .. | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Park Selling Plate | Ogbourne Pet | Lost | .. | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coventry Handicap | St. Emilion | Non-Starter | .. | .. | ||||
| Richmond Handicap | Niphetos | Lost | .. | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| £0 | 5 | 8½ | £4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Saturday, October 8, 1904—Kempton Park. | ||||||||
| Stanley Plate | Percussion | Won | £2 | 0 | 0 | .. | ||
| Brentford Plate | Gascony | Lost | .. | £1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duke of York Stakes | General Cronje | Lost | .. | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vauxhall Plate | Cricket | Won | 4 | 0 | 0 | .. | ||
| Kempton Park Nursery H’cap | Reggio | Lost | .. | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rivermead Handicap | Golden Saint | Non-Starter | .. | .. | ||||
| £6 | 0 | 0 | £3 | 0 | 0 | |||
TOTALS—October 3 to October 8, 1904.
| Gain. | Loss. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | £2 | 10 | 0 | £3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tuesday | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wednesday | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thursday | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Friday | 0 | 5 | 8½ | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Saturday | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| £8 | 15 | 8½ | £20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Loss | £20 | 0 | 0 |
| Gain | 8 | 15 | 8½ |
| Total Loss | £11 | 4 | 3½ |
Note.—In the above sporting tips twelve horses were non-starters. Had the bets been one shilling each instead of one pound, the loss would have been 11s., a sum obviously beyond the resources of a working man.
These results were given in the Daily News, and cover the flat-racing season from March 23 to November 28, 1903:—
| Paper. | Lost. | Won. | Total Winning Odds. | £1 Fixed Stake. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily Express | 670 | 299 | 678·93 | Won | £8 |
| Jockey | 696 | 243 | 687·86 | Lost | 9 |
| Racehorse | 566 | 240 | 555·52 | ” | 11 |
| Chilton’s Guide | 357 | 132 | 341·16 | ” | 16 |
| Morning Leader | 690 | 309 | 667·93 | ” | 22 |
| Gale’s | 639 | 231 | 501·85 | ” | 37 |
| Sportsman | 738 | 285 | 679·02 | ” | 59 |
| Daily Mail | 642 | 278 | 574·19 | ” | 68 |
| Racing World | 696 | 275 | 626·19 | ” | 70 |
| Standard | 872 | 313 | 781·22 | ” | 91 |
| Star | 750 | 317 | 635·36 | ” | 114 |
| Sporting Chronicle | 785 | 299 | 669·68 | ” | 115 |
| Diamond Special | 482 | 169 | 365·83 | ” | 116 |
| Daily Sport | 895 | 293 | 768·20 | ” | 127 |
| Advertiser | 724 | 259 | 589·36 | ” | 135 |
| Sporting World | 886 | 303 | 747·44 | ” | 139 |
| Sporting Life | 1327 | 411 | 1179·25 | ” | 147 |
| Telegraph | 928 | 345 | 724·67 | ” | 203 |