Anthony Cullen

HOMETOWN:
Melbourne.

NO. OF YEARS HELD LICENCE:
17 years.

AREA SERVICED:
Firstly the Port Phillip and northern Victorian areas, now in the city.

HOW STARTED IN BOOKMAKING:
Family - father, grandfather and grandfather's brother were all bookmakers.
"There was a Cullen bookmaker licensed each
year of the 20th century."

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
"When myself, my father and two brothers were all bookmakers at the same time."

FAVOURITE RACETRACKS:
"Any winning track!"

FAVOURITE RACEMEETING:
W.S Cox Plate Day and Derby Day.

BEST HORSE SEEN:
Kingston Town.

BEST JOCKEY:
Roy Higgins

BEST TRAINERS:
Tommy Smith and Bart Cummings.

HOBBIES:
Golf and racing.

MOST ENJOYABLE ASPECTS OF BOOKMAKING:
"The people you meet at the racetrack."

LEAST ENJOYABLE ASPECTS OF
BOOKMAKING:
"The people who don't pay!"

FUTURE OF BOOKMAKING:
"I think there will be a need for bookmakers for a long time to come."

BEST ADVICE FOR PUNTERS:
"Keep betting with bookmakers!"

Bill Hunter

HOMETOWN:
Melbourne.

BUSINESS:
Retired, was credit manager for a leading aluminium company.

NO. OF YEARS HELD LICENCE:
32 years.

AREA SERVICED:
"I did all over Victoria to start with."
Now concentrates on the picnic circuit but also works at Flemington during Cup week.

HOW STARTED IN BOOKMAKING:
Uncle was a bookmaker, "I started working for him when I was in short pants!" First clerked for him at a Kerang meeting shortly after WW2.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Working at Flemington during Cup week over the last three years - "I always wanted to do
that before retiring."

FAVOURITE RACETRACKS:
Benalla and on the picnic circuit Woolamai, Healesville and Yea - "very picturesque courses."

FAVOURITE RACEMEETING:
"No doubt - Cup week."

BEST HORSE SEEN:
"I doubt that there has been a better horse than Tulloch."

BEST JOCKEY:
Scobie Breasley.

BEST TRAINER:
George Hanlon - "The man is a genius - I don't think he has a peer."
HOBBIES:
Family, my grandchildren.

MOST ENJOYABLE ASPECTS OF
BOOKMAKING:
"Getting to talk to a lot of different people and making a lot of friends."

LEAST ENJOYABLE ASPECTS OF
BOOKMAKING:
"Losing!"

FUTURE OF BOOKMAKING:
"There will always be bookmakers but
numbers may be limited."

BEST ADVICE FOR PUNTERS:
"Bet within your means and enjoy it."

Des Dooley

HOMETOWN:
Maffra.

BUSINESS:
Has for the last six years worked as
Secretary/Manager for the Sale Greyhound Racing Club.

NO. OF YEARS HELD LICENCE:
Did not renew licence this year but held one for 27 years.

AREA SERVICED:
Gippsland gallops and greyhounds and a couple of stints at Olympic Park and Sandown greyhounds.

HOW STARTED IN BOOKMAKING:
"Have worked for bookmakers since I was 16 and taking out my own licence just seemed a
natural progression."

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Working at Gippsland's feature meetings and fielding at the greyhound meetings in town.

FAVOURITE RACETRACK:
Sale - "there are not too many better,
it is a brilliant track."

FAVOURITE RACEMEETING:
Australia Cup night.

BEST HORSES SEEN:
Locally, Luther's Luck and Between Ourselves.

BEST JOCKEY:
Darren Gauci and Peter Mertens who served his apprenticeship in the Gippsland area.

BEST TRAINERS:
Again locally, Ron Crawford and Barry Bennett.

HOBBIES:
The occasional round of golf plus training and breeding greyhounds with "a fair bit of success
over the years."

MOST ENJOYABLE ASPECTS OF
BOOKMAKING:
The atmosphere when there are plenty of bookmakers and big crowds in attendance.

LEAST ENJOYABLE ASPECTS OF
BOOKMAKING:
When the crowds aren't there - "it feels lonely!"

BEST ADVICE FOR PUNTERS:
"Do your own form and try not to be
influenced by others."