1 MARCH 1913, Page 2

The Daily Mail of Tuesday reproduces an admirable letter addressed

by Lord Durham to the Turf Guardian Society, Limited. After praising the Society for excluding from its

ranks advertising tipsters, Lord Durham goes on to make the following remarks :—

"Betting is not a crime, but it is not a virtue. It is an ineradicable foible of human nature. It is generally an unhealthy excitement and an expensive amusement ; it is very seldom, I think, a real enjoyment to those who indulge in it. Legislation cannot stamp out this passion, but it need not foster it. I have never heard of any wise and affectionate parents who advise and encourage their children to bet. I approved of Lord Newton's Bill because it endeavoured to suppress inducements to bet which were a temptation to thousands of young people.'