Betting Collection (page 2)

A race game on the deck of a Mediterranean cruise ship
The race-game, a deck sport and popular pastime during pleasure cruises. One of the officers is acting as clerk of the course

Golfers on board the Berengaria
Boyer, Boomer and Horton Smith enjoy practising their golf swings on board the ocean liner the Berengaria. Presumably they ran out of balls at some point?! Date: 1931

Berengaria deck tennis
Passengers play a form of tennis, played by hand with a rubber ring on board the ocean liner the Berengaria. Date: 1931

Blindfold boxing match on board the Berengaria
A blindfold boxing match for the amusement of passengers on board the ocean liner, Berengaria in 1931. Life jackets are worn in case of fouls! Date: 1931

Boxing match on deck of the Berengaria
A boxing bout to amuse the passengers on board the ocean liner, the Berengaria. Date: 1931

Racing with petits chevaux on deck of Mauretania
Racing with miniature wooden horses (with pari-mutuel betting) on the deck of the ocean liner, Mauretania. Date: 1931

WW2 - 1st day cover - Hes Betting his life - You back him up! Date: circa 1943

Crowd at the Derby / 1930
The crowd amuses itself in between races at the Derby. The ground is strewn with discarded betting slips. Date: 1930

Horses running in Duke of York Handicap, Kempton Park, Surrey, illustrating a fixtures card for October 1936. Date: circa 1936

Counting The Winnings. Sedgefield Co. Durham 1976 1976

American cartoon, Scotsman placing a bet at the dog track
American cartoon, showing a Scotsman placing a bet at the dog track, offering two dollars on the rabbit to win. Date: 1940s

Douglas Stuart advertisement by William Heath Robinson
Advertisement for the bookmaker s, Douglas Stuart, designed by William Heath Robinson and featuring a typically crazy illustration of an entire family

Greyhound racing on board the Berengaria
Mimic greyhound racing, at the height of its popularity among smart society in 1930, on board the transatlantic passenger liner, the Berengaria

John Corlett, Vanity Fair, Lib
JOHN CORLETT of East Sutton, Maidstone, Kent. Founder of the Sporting Times, informally known as The Pink Un, as it was printed on pink paper. Caption: The Pink Un Date: -

A dangerous Barber with a flippant attitude having won a bet
The Dangers of Betting " Yes Sir; they re very strict ere, Sir. Why, if we scratches a customer we re fined threepence, and if we cuts one we re fined sixpence

Silver Slipper Casino - Reno, Nevada, USA. Gamers taking on the roulette wheel and betting against the house in Blackjack. Date: circa 1950s

An illustration of how the game of Roulette is played

Raising him the limit. Date c1892 Nov. 11

Grand Duke Alexis and Lina Cavalieri
Grand Duke Alexis, Admiral in Chief of the Russian fleet betting at the Grand Prix with the Italian opera singer, Lina Cavalieri

Tattersall Racing Tickets for the Silver City Cup, Melbourne Cup, Metropolitan Stakes, Grand National Hurdle Race and Caulfield Cup in Australia in 1899

Lt. General Sir Miles Dempsey, 1945
Painting showing Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey (1896-1969), the British Army Commander, pictured when leading the British Second Army, 1945

Street betting - a bookmaker taking bets
An illustration of street betting showing a bookmaker taking bets in a London street and highlighting the problem of bribery between bookies and policemen

Gambling Satire 1853
A pack of cards meet to debate the threatened closure of betting shops; a contemporary satire by Cruikshank

Derby Betting Ring 1844
Betting on the Derby - gentlemen ride up to the ring and place their bets man to man - all very different from the arrangements in later years !

The Betting Post
A crowd of punters at the betting post

Pari-Mutuel Betting
Racing speculators hoping to accumulate bet at a Pari- Mutuel at Longchamps, France

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