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1 I | by ,. h, by J ." n. AUSTRALIAN B00KMAKING OPERATIONS The great Australian cities «.r Melbourne and Sydney now have fifteen or twenty bookmakers whose operations are larger than those Of the old-_ time leviathan of odd-laying. Joe Thompson, whose operations used to be the wonder of the racing world. Melbourne, with its Flemington and tan I - field courses, and Sydney, with its itan.Iwick. are the centers of speculation over Australian races. The bi_- men there make average books of from SKiiiiui to sun. Mil in each nee. For instance. George Shrimpton, on.- of the popular Melbourne layers, nses from 12.600 ts 16.600 betting tickets daily. He is one of the largest operators to the general Melbourne racing pabBc, baa been a bookmaker twenty-five yi ars and declares that his education came through hard finaiirial knocks and being several times •■broke." The latter condition be considers an essential in bookmakiug cducatioi ,
