Sharps, flats, gamblers, and racehorses . n occasions for theaverage of the odds not to beat us, and an intuitionas to a likely favourite can be taken advantage ofdirectly they open their mouths, and double the oddsprocured by snapping up an offer at once. Since the suppression of amateur bookmakers inthe club enclosure they have had to continue theirbusiness on the same level as the so-called baronet, Sir Patrick Blake, shouts the odds andtakes the bets just the same as his rivals. Then thereis Charles Hince, who had with him the last time I sawhim the excellent Tom Diamond, w
Sharps, flats, gamblers, and racehorses . n occasions for theaverage of the odds not to beat us, and an intuitionas to a likely favourite can be taken advantage ofdirectly they open their mouths, and double the oddsprocured by snapping up an offer at once. Since the suppression of amateur bookmakers inthe club enclosure they have had to continue theirbusiness on the same level as the so-called baronet, Sir Patrick Blake, shouts the odds andtakes the bets just the same as his rivals. Then thereis Charles Hince, who had with him the last time I sawhim the excellent Tom Diamond, who once was inrather a big way on his own. Then there is Jack Hampton, who is connected withthe largest firm in London, Ladbrokes, Old Burling-ton Street. The business done by this firm isstupendous. Profits in one year have been known tobe as high as sixty thousand pounds. Such a businesscould not be carried on without the most perfectorganisation. Ladbrokes is to an extent a single-handed affair—with regard to head management and 272. leading Conniiissioner in ihe Riny LADBROKES commanding vote, Mr Arthur Bendia, the promoter,being in this fine position. The firm has absorbedmany estabhshed businesses, and the former heads ofthese have thrown in their lot with the parent concern,so that the Ladbrokes of to-day is one big amalgama-tion, or rather absorption. Mr Bendia is a man ofunusual cleverness, with the capacity to make andkeep a clientele. His concern has had even the enter-prise to place a charming lady on the rails at somemeetings, while the aforementioned Jack Hampton,Tommy Graves and others can be seen in Wyatt (late of Regent Street), Fred Thompson,artist and playwright, who wrote Eightpence a Milefor the Alhambra, are to be found at the head , by the way, a most excellent luncheon is serveddaily for the heads of the staff. Every Friday evening,too, after the business of sending out accounts is over,there is carte
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