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PECULIARITIES OF THE INDIAN BETTOR. "Tbe native of India wagers his money according to the cetera worn by the Jockeys and takes no heed • of the merits oi the horses, or lie will back a horse riddea bv his favorite jockey, no matter whether the animal is a rank outsider or not." says Tit-Bits. "His ideas or gambling, in fact, are distinctly novel. Some ..! tie- store wealthy Indians form rings aid hack every horse in the race, thus gaining toe satisfaction of getting a winner every time. It la reallv only of late yean that the native of India has become an habitual gambler on the turf, and nowadays the hulk of the betting of the various racing .enter-, in India is done by natives. Indeed, the authorities are becoming somewhat concerned about the growth of tiie betting which take place among Indian natives, it being asserted tiiat as many as thirty lacs of rupees about ,500,000 are h.st and won in the course of a season. ••Tin. ignorant mi:i-ms have not a great deal oi actual nione !■■ wager, hut s.. badly bitten are many • it them with the erase for betting at race meetings that thev frequently wager what little property they l„,ssr. on a horse, and if tiny lose they simply replace their loss by stealing a neighbors goods. The consequence is that when the racing season ci s around tin- police are kept very busy dealing with eases of petty larceny and other crimes involving loss of property."
