Handle question

[misscashalot]

Anyone have, or know to where I can find out what was the effect on horse race handle due to the the depression? (1930 - 1940) as compared to the pre and post-depression era?

[twindouble]

Anyone have, or know to where I can find out what was the effect on horse race handle due to the the depression? (1930 - 1940) as compared to the pre and post-depression era?

Here's what I found, might help.


http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/seabiscuit/mammalsevents/e_depression.html


T.D.

[misscashalot]

Here's what I found, might help. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/seabiscuit/mammalsevents/e_depression.htmlT.D.


Thanks it is an interesting read. The big diff btwn now and then is

"...The Only Place to Bet
"The opportunities for gambling in the 1930s were very limited," says Gene Smith, the author of many books on racing. "There were no state lotteries. Football was a very minor sport. Professional basketball was a very minor sport. You wanted to bet on a prize fight, you had to go find a bookie or something. There were casinos in Nevada, but how many people go to Nevada? Hence the only place you could really bet was at a racetrack."...

[twindouble]

Thanks it is an interesting read. The big diff btwn now and then is

"...The Only Place to Bet
"The opportunities for gambling in the 1930s were very limited," says Gene Smith, the author of many books on racing. "There were no state lotteries. Football was a very minor sport. Professional basketball was a very minor sport. You wanted to bet on a prize fight, you had to go find a bookie or something. There were casinos in Nevada, but how many people go to Nevada? Hence the only place you could really bet was at a racetrack."...


Yes, things have changed sense then, what hasn't with the exception of Heinz Ketchup and Hellmann's real Mayonnaise. :jump: Don't get me wrong, change is very good for something's but not all. Racing could very well reach a crisis point before this year is over. There's a lot pundits here, on the blogs and professional writers expressing their concerns and disenchantment with the industry as a whole. How it's all going to wash out, only time will tell. I do think all that buzz is having some effect on those in power. Without this medium, the average punter would never get anyone's ear. Not that I agree with everything that's being proposed.


Good luck,

T.D.