Betting & Gambling: A National Evil
Part 17
Gambling World, Anecdotes, Memories, and Stories. “Rouge et Noir.”
Gambling and Betting. H. H. Chamberlain.
Gambling Sinful? Is. H. J. Tebbutt.
Gambling. E. C. Chorley.
Gambling, Is it Wrong? J. M. Lambert.
Gambling, A Talk on. A. Rowland.
Gambling. W. J. S. Smith.
Gambling, Ethics of. W. D. Mackenzie.
Gambling, The Law of. W. Coleridge and C. V. Hawksforth.
Gambling Communities. A. Hepner.
Gambling Games of the Chinese in America. S. Culin.
Games of Chance Unlawful. W. Symington.
Game, The Great. A Treatise on the Turf. E. Spence.
Gaming-Tables, Monaco and its.
Horses to Follow. On the Alert: or Best. J. A. Peddie.
Horse Racing in England. R. Black.
Horse Sense: or How to Select the Winners. F. Morgan.
Horses, Best to Back. J. A. Peddie.
Monte Carlo and Public Opinion.
Monte Carlo, A Voice from the English Church at. W. Wight.
Monte Carlo, Facts about. By a Group of Shareholders.
Races, Way to Win Money on.
Racing Skill Competitions, Grosvenor Manual for Systematically Working. T. J. Evanson.
Racing for Riches, or Money-making on the Turf. H. Bissell.
Racing for Gold. J. Peddie.
Racing Explained, Flat. Analyst.
Racing and the Winners, Horse. “Long Odds.”
Racing Tipsters, Modern. Facts, Criticisms, and Exposures. H. Bissell.
Racing. Cost of the Sport. F. G. Aflalo.
Racing Vade-mecum. Systems to Govern Turf Investments. Sphinx.
Revelations! Revelations! How the Public are Gulled by Tipsters.
Speculation and Gambling. J. W. Diggle.
Sporting Library, “The Druid.” H. H. Dixon.
Turf. New System. Chilton.
Turf. The Secure System of Operations.
Turf Ready Reckoner. Morden.
Turf, Secret of Making Money on the.
Turf. Guide to Investment J. D. Gerrard.
Turf, Analogy between Stock Exchange and. M. H.
Turf Lexicon. Silberer.
Turf, Mirror of the. L. H. Curzon.
Turf Facts and Wrinkles. Petrarch.
Turf, Success on the. Scrutineer.
Turf, How to Win on the. R. G. Bradley.
Turf, The. A. E. T. Watson.
Winning Post, The Way to. A. Gate.
PERIODICAL LITERATURE
1891
Gambling. W. B. Curtis. Fortnightly Review.
Gambling. Rev. H. Price Hughes. Sunday Magazine.
Gambling. H. Woodcock. Primitive Methodist Quarterly Review.
Gambling, a Symposium. Young Man.
A Glance at the History of Gambling. E. Bowen-Rowlands. Westminster Review.
Curiosities of Gaming. Cornhill.
The Gambler. An Apology. Paternoster Review.
The Ethics of Gambling. W. Douglas Mackenzie. Contemporary Review.
Systems of Gambling. Sir J. F. Stephen. Nineteenth Century.
Gambling in High Life. Gen. A. Badeau. Cosmopolitan.
A Night at Monte Carlo. Rev. W. J. Dawson. Young Man.
Gambling Sharps and their Tools. C. Bissell. Cosmopolitan.
Card-Sharping in Paris. Edw. Delille. Fortnightly Review.
The Prince of Wales and the Baccarat Case. Review of Reviews.
1892
The Ethics of Gambling. J. Oliphant. Westminster Review.
Why is Gambling Wrong? Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair. Young Man.
A Crusade against Betting and Gambling. Help.
Lotteries. E. E. Hales. Cosmopolitan.
Lotteries and Gambling. A. Comstock. North American Review.
Suppression of Lotteries by Taxation. H. White. Fortnightly Review.
Why is Pool Gambling Allowed? A. Comstock. Belford’s Monthly and Democratic Review.
Monte Carlo (One Hell the Less). Modern Review.
Gambling and Cheating in Ancient Rome. R. Lanciani. North American Review.
1893
Gambling in its Relation to the Public Welfare. Rev. J. W. Riddle. American Journal of Politics.
Pool-rooms and Pool-selling. North American Review.
Monte Carlo. H. C. Farnham. Cosmopolitan.
The Watchdogs of Our Lady Roulette. C. Whyte-Hall. Modern Review.
Our Sporting Zadkiels. Rev. J. W. Horsley. Westminster Review.
1894
About Gambling Systems. Chambers’ Journal.
Science and Monte Carlo. Prof. Karl Pearson. Fortnightly Review.
Principles and Progress of the Anti-Gambling League. J. Hawke. New Review.
Women and Gambling. Mrs. Aubrey Richardson. Help.
The Betting Craze. George Mortimer. Fortnightly Review.
Introduction to the Discussion on the Blacking Out of Sporting News in the Free Libraries. R. K. Dent. Librarian.
Chinese Gambling. H. R. Cutter. Californian Illustrated Magazine.
Tendencies of the Turf. C. H. Crandall. North American Review.
1895
Betting and Gambling. W. J. K. Westminster Review.
What is Gambling? John Bigelow. Harper’s Magazine.
A Danger of Modern England. Rev. H. Price Hughes. Great Thoughts.
Gambling. Dr. H. A. Stimson. Homiletic Review.
Behind the Scenes at Monte Carlo. John J. Waller. Pall Mall Magazine.
A Vision at Monte Carlo. C. E. Tyrer. Manchester Quarterly.
Suppression of Lottery and other Gambling in America. Dr. Newman Smyth. Fortnightly Review.
Gambling and Speculation in America. Symposium. Arena.
Rain Gambling in Calcutta. Chambers’ Journal.
1896
Betting. Norwood. Badminton.
Betting and Gambling Men. Chambers’ Journal.
The Gambling Curse, and how to Destroy It. Symposium. Temple Magazine.
Monte Carlo, the Great Gambling Palace. Sir George Newnes. Strand Magazine.
Gambling in America. J. Brand. Pearson’s Magazine
1897
Ethics of Gambling. Rev. and Hon. E. Lyttelton. Economic Review.
Reply to “Ethics of Gambling.” Independent Review.
Why are Betting and Gambling Wrong? Rev. Arthur T. Barnett. Economic Review.
On Betting. Prof. Marcus Dods. Good Words.
Gambling at Monte Carlo. Lady’s Realm.
The Latter-day Wager. Badminton Magazine.
1899
Gambling as it Was and Is. Lawrence Irwell. New Century Review.
Lotteries, Luck, and Chance. J. Holt Schooling. Pall Mall Magazine.
Betting Symposium. Leisure Hour.
The Gambling Question. A Puritan Crusade. F. A. Mackenzie. Puritan.
Ocean Gambling. Chambers’ Journal.
Paying an Election Bet. Strand Magazine.
Ethics of Horse Racing. Lieut.-Col. R. F. Meysey-Thompson. National Review.
1900
Lotteries, Luck, and Chance. J. Holt Schooling. Pall Mall Magazine.
Speculation and Gambling. Archdeacon Diggle. Help.
Gambling and Aids to Gambling. C. E. Russell and E. T. Champagne. Economic Review.
1901
Investment, Trade, and Gambling. Monthly Review.
The Gambling Habits of Society Women. Woman at Home.
Gambling on Board Ship. Nautical Magazine.
The Gambling Hells of Paris. Crampton’s Magazine.
Licensed Gambling in Belgium. Geo. F. Babbitt. Fortnightly Review.
The Great Lottery Campaign in Louisiana. Reed Carradine. Munsey’s Magazine.
1902
A Terrible Danger. F. M. Holmes. Quiver.
Evils of Betting. Rev. J. W. Horsley. Sunday Strand.
Betting Evil. John Hawke. Great Thoughts.
The Gambling Impulse. C. J. France. American Journal of Psychology.
Money Lost by Gambling. W. Greenwood. Sunday Strand.
The Results of Play at Monte Carlo. Rev. R. P. Downes. Great Thoughts.
The Wheel of Fortune, and how French State Lotteries are Worked. E. Charles. Wide Wide World Magazine.
The Gospel on the Race course. A. Wallace Myers. Quiver.
1903
River Gamblers of Old Steamboat Days. George Ogden. Everybody’s Magazine.
The Totalisator in New Zealand. Sir Robert Stout. Australian Review of Reviews.
Can a Modern Man of Business be a Saint? F. Ballard. Young Man.
Race-course Swindles. W. J. Wintle. Harmsworth’s Magazine.
Betting and Gambling. W. R. Sorley. International Journal of Ethics.
The Maëlstrom of the Betting Ring. J. F. Marsten. Munsey’s Magazine.
The Tipster and the Trade. Lieut.-Col. D. C. Peddie. Monthly Review.
1904.
Starters and Starting. A Starter. Badminton.
Behind the Scenes at Monte Carlo. C. N. and A. M. Williamson. Pearson’s Magazine.
Racegoers and Racegoing. A Racegoer. Badminton.
Tipsters and Tipping. A Tipster. Badminton.
Gambling in Futures, Options, and Warrants. Wm. Field. Magazine of Commerce.
Is Bridge Immoral? Lady’s Realm.
FOOTNOTES
[1] W. D. Mackenzie, _The Ethics of Gambling_, p. 64.
[2] The gambling habits of the rich who do not know how to “fill in their time” also arise from _ennui_, but in this paper I do not discuss the problem which they present. It is: How can we compel them to find occupations of social value?
[3] Cf. _Nineteenth Century_, January 1903, art. “Is Society worse than it was?”
[4] Recent London balls in aid of hospital funds, for instance, where the sufferings of the poor were sought to be alleviated by orgies of the rich.
[5] _Early History of Charles James Fox_, pp. 100-1.
[6] Cf. Martineau’s _History of England_, 1800-1815, p. 196 (Bohn’s edition).
[7] _Mental and Moral Science_, p. 229.
[8] A somewhat dangerous extension of the powers of an intelligence-carrying agency, and one which should not be made if it can be avoided.
[9] Cf. Krapotkine’s _Factories, Fields, and Workshops_; and H. Rider Haggard’s _Rural England_.
[10] Cf. Rowntree and Sherwell’s _The Temperance Problem and Social Reform_, especially pp. 560-587.
[11] _Vide_ Appendix.
[12] London: S.P.C.K., Northumberland Avenue, W.C.
[13] The writer is aware that to provide adequate counter-attractions would entail a very heavy expenditure. It has been estimated that, to provide adequate counter-attractions to public-houses would require annually £1000 for every 10,000 of the population, a sum which cannot be raised by private subscription. A scheme of Constructive Temperance Reform has been before the country for some time, under which the public-house trade would be taken out of private hands, and the profits given to the National Exchequer to be used for certain specified purposes. The first charge throughout the country would, however, be the provision of adequate counter-attractions to the public-house. In so far as the profits of the public-house trade are probably not less than £20,000,000 per annum, and since, upon the estimate given above, £4,000,000 would furnish the sum required for counter-attractions, it will be seen that under this scheme there would be no difficulty as to funds.
[14] 1900.
[15] See conviction for Betting Coupon Competitions (E. Hulton and Co., Ltd.) in Manchester, November 1901.
[16] The paper selected to show the value of sporting tips is the _Morning Advertiser_, an organ of the liquor trade which devotes much attention to sport.
INDEX
Advertising Act (1874), 211
Albert Club, case against, 143
Allen (Russell), _Manchester Evening News_, evidence before Lords’ Commission, 208
Allotments, a counter-attraction to public-houses, 184
Alverstone (Lord Chief-Justice), on betting and gambling, 215
Anti-gambling League, National, recommendations made by, 205
Anti-social desires, gambling induces, 13
Art Unions, 139
Ascot Heath, betting shed, 21
Athletic grounds, betting at, 197
Australian licensed bookmakers, 193
Automatic machines, gambling by, 137
Averages, law of, 103
Bain (J.), evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 210
Bank Act, 1867, restrains speculation in bank shares, 147 proposed extension of restriction to all stocks and shares, 159
Bank of England and National Debt, 46
Bankruptcy, betting a cause of, 90
Bath, Recorder of (Mr. H. C. Folkard), on effects of gambling, 216
Battenberg, Prince Louis of, on effects of gambling, 216
Bazaar raffles illegal, but not subjected to prosecution, 139
Beaconsfield (Lord), on the turf, 168
Bell, M.P. (Richard), on gambling, 217
Bennett (Curtis), on street betting, 214
Beresford (Lord Charles), on gambling, 38, 215
Beston, exposed by _Truth_, 225
Betting-house Act (1853), 24, 199 amendments suggested by Lords’ Commission, 196 amendments proposed to, 156 coupon gambling outside the meaning of the Act, 140 effect of, 191 new decision _re_, 140
Betting-houses abroad evade the Act, 142
Betting Act (1874), 199, 202 Lords’ suggested amendments to, 196
Betting and Loans (Infants’) Act (1892), 197 Lords’ suggested amendments to, 201
Betting at athletic grounds, 197
Betting, legislation against, 148 proposed Bill, 156
Betting statistics, 232
Bill, proposed street betting, 156
Bill, to make bets in public-houses illegal, 157
Birmingham, Official Receiver, on street betting, 214
Bookmakers, appeal against bye-laws, 205 army of, 28 street, 195 suppression of, would extinguish betting, 204 turnover of, 28
Bradford School Board, resolution on betting, 214
Bridge-playing, 40
Brighton, scene on the race-course, 32
Bros (Mr.), London Stipendiary Magistrate, embezzlement caused by gambling, 214
Bucknill (Justice), on betting and gambling, 217
“Bulling and Bearing” on the Stock Exchange, 59
Butcher, M.P. (J. G.), on gambling, 216
Bye-laws against betting, Municipal and County, 154
Campbell-Bannerman (Sir Henry), on gambling, 218
Card-playing, 136
Cards, gambling with, 40
Cash-betting stopped, 25
Certainties, betting on, 2
Chances all for the bank, 3
Chester Cup Race (1852), 25
Children betting, 203
Chisholm (Lord Provost of Glasgow), evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 209
Citizenship, gambling and, 116
Civil Service, gambling in, 37
Clubs, gambling, 143, 163
Commons, House of, Select Committee on Betting and Gambling (1844), 23
Coroner for Mid-Surrey and backing horses, 214
Cost of Stock Exchange dealing, 66
Cottage, a week’s betting transactions in a working man’s, 80
Counter-attractions from gambling, 183
County authorities, bye-laws of, 154
Coupon-gambling, 140, 162
Crime and gambling (Canon Horsley), 85
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act (1887), 202
Croydon Bench, chairman of, _re_ gambling, 215
_Daily Mail_, racing tips, 106
_Daily News_, week’s betting results, 180
Daily settlement of bets, 23
Darling (Mr. Justice), _re_ betting, 213
Davey’s Street Betting Bill 1903, Lord, 199
_Davis_ v. _Stoddart_, deposit of money for betting illegal, 153
Dealings before allotment forbidden 56
Devonshire, Duke of, _re_ betting, 166 Evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 211
Doncaster Grand Stand, 21
_Downes_ v. _Johnson_, Gambling Club Case, 143
Durham Lord, on tipsters, 222
Education, more adequate, to counteract gambling tendency, 185
Embezzlement due to betting, 30, 88
Epsom, 22
_Field, The_, strictures on racing, 32
_Fielding_ v. _Turner_, decision _re_ gambling by machines, 138
Fines for betting, recommendation by Lords’ Commission, 195
“Fish-ponds” illegal lotteries, 139
Flat-racing and tipsters, 225
Fludyer, Colonel, evidence of, 206
Fox’s gambling habits, 125
France, Government of, and press gambling, 143
Gambling— definition, 1 by automatic machines, 137 clubs, 143, 163 clubs and the Licensing Act (1903), 144 coupon, 140, 162 organised Sunday, 147 pure and mixed, 1 repression of, 170
Gaming, industrial, 159 machines, 137, 160
Giffen, Sir Robert, estimate of bookmaker’s profits, 31
Gissing, George, description of Turf ruffianism, 34
Glasgow, betting in workshops, 29 Chief Constable’s evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 209 Lord Provost’s evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 209
Globe and Liberation Companies, 18
Goodwood, 22
Gould, J.P. (Chas.), Epsom, evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 208
Grantham, Mr., Justice, on gambling, 213
Halsbury, Lord Chancellor, _Powell_ v. _Kempton Park_, 150
Harrow, Master of, evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 207
Hawke, John, evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 203 on gambling, 218
Hawkins, Mr. Justice, on betting, 213 decision in _Hawke_ v. _Dunn_, 149
Hawkins, Mr. Justice, decision in _Jenks_ v. _Turpin_, 164
Hereford, Bishop of, betting among women, 71
Herschell’s Act, Lord, 197
Hodgman, George, _Sixty years on the Turf_, 35
Holland, Admiral Swinton, gambling at sports, 216
Hope, Adrian, and the anti-gambling league, 161
Horsley, Rev. J. W., evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 212 on tipsters, 234
House-to-house betting, 72
Hulton, junr., Edward, evidence before the Lords’ Committee, 210
Hunter, Sir Robert, evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 211
Illegal games, 136, 159
Immorality of gambling, 9
Increase of betting, present, 26
Industrial gaming unconnected with trade, 159
“Jail, Jottings from,” 84
Japan, gamblers ostracised, 43
_Jenks_ v. _Turpin_, 164
Jockey Club and betting, 115 cash betting, 26 and tipsters, 223 _Powell_ v. _Kempton Park_, 157
Joint Stock Company Law Amendment, is ineffective, 64
Kingsley, Charles, letter to young men on betting and gambling, 179
Knight, J.P. (Robert), evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 211 women betting, 72
Lamb, Charles, 11
Lamb, Mr., Second Secretary Post Office, evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 210
Lambeth, workshop betting in, 29
Law of gambling, 135
Law relating to betting, 135
Law, suggested amendments in betting, 155
Leeman’s Act (1866) stops speculation in bank shares, 62
Lefroy, Dean, on Bridge, 80
Legislation as to gambling, existing, 135
_Lennox_ v. _Stoddart_, deposit of money for betting illegal, 153
Liberator and Globe Companies, 18
Licence for bookmakers, 111
Licensed bookmakers in Australia, 193, 194
Licensing Act (1903), 144 and gambling, 204
Limited Liability Act (1862) increases stock gambling, 50
Liverpool, Bishop of (Dr. Chavasse), on betting, 215
London, Common Serjeant of, on betting, 217
Lords, House of, Report of Committee (1844), 27 Select Committee of (1901-2), Report, 28, 38 summary of, 203 betting among artisans, 155 press and betting, 166 recommendations of, 191 women gamblers, 69
Loria and elections, 127
Lotteries abolished, public, 138 and sweepstakes, 138, 161 newspaper, protected by 8 & 9 Vict. c. 74; 140 put down by Parliament, 63
Lowther, M.P., James; evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 209
Luck in gambling, 8
Luton Town Councillors and betting, 215
Machines, gaming, 137
Maclaren, Ian, on Bridge, 81
Magistrates, a Chairman of, on embezzlement and betting, 214
Manchester, Chief Constable, evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 206
Marginal groups, gambling prevails among people classed in, 118
Miscellaneous gambling, 23
Monte Carlo tables average daily profit, £500, 181
Moseley Commission, 155
Municipal bye-laws against betting, 154
National Debt, stockbroking begins with, 46
Newmarket betting-posts, 22
Newspaper lotteries protected by 8 and 9 Vict. c. 74; 140
Newspapers encourage small betting, 113
Odds against the backer, 104
One pound shares and Stock Exchange gambling, 51
“Options,” 56
“Pari Mutuel,” 193, 194
Pauperism, betting next to intemperance a cause of, 91
Pedestrianism, a note on, 219
_Petit Parisien_, competition forbidden in, 142
Philip of Macedon and gambling, 124
Play a factor in life, 11
Police abet gambling in clubs, 145
Portland, Duke of, about tipsters, 135
Postmaster-General, powers _re_ betting circulars, 197
Post Office, monetary interest in betting of the, 31 powers over lottery matter, 141 proposed increase of powers, 161
_Powell_ v. _Kempton Park_, 149, 154
Press competitions and coupon gambling, 140, 142, 143, 162 gives facilities for betting, 191
_Prisons and Provinces_, 84
Produce Exchange gambling, 41
Prohibitive Acts insufficient to prevent gambling, 130
Property, right of, 4
Public excluded from betting circles, the general, 22
Public-houses, proposed Bill to make betting in, illegal, 157
Public opinion, the necessity for creating a sound, 174
Pure gambling, 16
Race-horses, poisoning of, 210
Raffles, Government inaction in the matter of, 176 really illegal, 139
Rawson, Admiral, on gambling, 38, 216
Remedy, bookmaker’s suggestions for a remedy, 110
Renals, Alderman Sir J., on street betting, 215
Repression of gambling, 170
Richmond, the Duke of, on cash betting, 26
Ridley, Mr. Justice, on betting, 217
Roulette, 137
Russell, Chief-Justice, on street betting, 213
Rutzen, Sir Alfred de, evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 90, 206
Salford, embezzlements in, 20
Schools and betting, 214, 215
Scotland Yard, conviction of three inspectors of, 85
Secret gambling in modern commerce, 19
Shannon, Superintendent Metropolitan Police, evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 208
Sharp, Luke, on women betting, 71 evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 207
Signalmen as bookmakers, 36
_Sixty Years on the Turf_, by George Hodgman, 35
“Small man” in stock and share gambling, 52
Smith, Horace, evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 207 embezzlement caused by betting, 213
Social disease, gambling a, 119
Souch, Charles, gambling at athletic clubs, 219
Southampton, Church Congress on betting, 214
Sport, betting in connection with, 39
_Sportsman_ prosecuted, 141, 156
_Sportsman, The Deluded_, by a Bookmaker, 92
Spruce, F. W., evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 207
Starting-price bookmaker, 112
Starting-price odds, 166, 192, 204
Stephen, Sir Fitzjames, on betting agents, 205
Stephenson, Sir W. H., gambling among boys, 147
Stock Exchange gambling, 41, 45, 147, 158
_Stoddart_ v. _Sagar_, Decision _re_ coupon gambling, 140
Street betting, 203
Street betting, “a respectable trade,” 208
Street Betting Bill (Lord Davey’s), 199
Street bookmakers, 195
“Street” defined as in Public Health Act (1875), 201
Stutfield, G. H., evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 203
Suicide resulting from gambling, 86
Supports of gambling, real, 12
Sutters, James, evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 207
Sutton, Alderman (Newcastle), on betting, 214
Sweepstakes, 138, 161
“Systems” in gambling, 8, 224
Tattersall’s Subscription Rooms established, 21
Thomas, Bryan, evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 209
Tipsters’ advertisements, suppression of, 114, 222 and the Jockey Club, 223
“Totalisator,” its introduction suggested, 193, 194
Trevelyan, Lady, on Bridge, 41
Trevelyan, Sir George, gambling as it affects politics, 125
_Truth_ on turf tipsters, betting agents, and system-mongers, 224
“Vendors’ shares,” their part in share gambling, 58
Village betting, 31
Wages to working men, better; a counter influence to gambling, 185
Walker, Colonel Tannett evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 210
Watts, G. F., on betting and gambling, 218
Wavell, General, on gambling, 38, 214
Wells, Superintendent of Limehouse Division, evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 208
White, Sir George, on gambling, 38, 218
Wills, Mr. Justice, on illegitimate speculation, 213
Women bookmakers, 70, 218
Women, gambling among, 69, 203 worse gamblers than men, 73
Woodgate, W. B., evidence before the Lords’ Commission, 210
Workshops, betting in Glasgow, 29
York, Archbishop of, on gambling, 217
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