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A NEW WRINKLE IN BOOKMAKING. Last October when The Tetrach first came under suspicion, 1 . M. Oant. turf commission agent, con Celyed the idea of hunariug at Lloyds the run. ling oft the lH.rse iii the Derby. it was a bold stioke, for it enabled him lo give his clients the beuetit of "a run." and he took out policies for about 50,000 al rales varying from twenty to thirty per cent. There was nothing wrong in this; it was a sound commercial transaction, and far less of a gamble than t lie opera; ions of the fielders, who have never ceased to pepper the horse for the last six months. Mr. uauta methods have been rewarded by success, for his clients who backed the horse "with a run" do not lose their money, while he has to receive a substantial sum from the insurance Companies. — London Town Topics.
