Bookmakers at Alexandra Park, London

Evening Race Meetings Draw The Crowds. An innovation since the war, evening race meetings are now held in various parts of the country. Big attendances have proved again the popularity of horse racing, a popularity which has grown during the past few years, some say mainly due to the great interest taken in the sport by The Queen and other members of the Royal Family. Following recent trouble between rival race course gangs, there has been an outcry for a clean up of the sport and many say that Britain should follow the lead of many Continental countries and do away with Bookmakers and make the Tote the only legal form of betting. In this way money made on gambling would go back into the sport providing money for breeding etc. Instead of into the pockets of the Bookies. Further if there were no Bookies there would be no gag warfare. But most punters would miss the Bookie, there is more thrill in laying a bet with a human than with a machine, and there's the thrill also of comparing the different odds offered. These pictures were taken at an evening meeting at Alexandra Park. Conversation piece between races round the Bookmaker's stand

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