Jimmy Carr (bookmaker)
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James Mackay Carr (c. 1864 – 31 March 1942),{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article80044963 |title=James Carr (Bookmaker) Dies |newspaper=The Border Watch |volume=81 |issue=8912 |location=South Australia |date=2 April 1942 |accessdate=24 January 2022 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} always known as Jimmy Carr, was an Adelaide bookmaker.
History
As a young man he worked for Sir John Morphett at Cummins, South Australia, and the horse trainer John Henry Hill (died 15 August 1918) at Rhine Street, St Leonards (now Glenelg North).
He eventually became one of South Australia's biggest bookmakers, operating from the Globe Hotel,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92373463 |title=Out Among the People |newspaper=The Chronicle (Adelaide) |volume=LXXXIV |issue=4,816 |location=South Australia |date=9 April 1942 |accessdate=10 January 2022 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} Rundle Street, before the new Tattersalls Club was built.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164860737 |title=A Sporting Palace |newspaper=The Observer (Adelaide) |volume=LXXXV |issue=4,445 |location=South Australia |date=1 September 1928 |accessdate=24 January 2022 |page=55 |via=National Library of Australia}} An interesting article
Sometime before 1900 he took on the young Sol Green as an assistant, and Green credited Carr with giving him his first real start. When Green returned to Melbourne, 18 months later,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129909619 |title=Passing By |newspaper=The News (Adelaide) |volume=50 |issue=7,728 |location=South Australia |date=12 May 1948 |accessdate=10 January 2022 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} George Nelson took his place.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48776329 |title=Out Among the People |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |volume=LXXXVI |issue=26570 |location=South Australia |date=1 December 1943 |accessdate=10 January 2022 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Changes in legislation forced the on-course bookmakers out of business, and Carr and Nelson became wood and charcoal merchants, building up a large clientele in a remarkably short time.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215845508 |title=Jimmy Carr |newspaper=The Sport (Adelaide newspaper) |volume=III |issue=14 |location=South Australia |date=7 September 1912 |access-date=10 January 2022 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Family
Carr was married to Edith Frances Carr (c. 1874 – 24 April 1944).{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48794147 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |volume=LXXXVI |issue=26697 |location=South Australia |date=27 April 1944 |accessdate=24 January 2022 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}
They had a home at 24 Trevelyan Street, Wayville.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48751425 |title=Advertising |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |location=South Australia |date=3 April 1942 |accessdate=24 January 2022 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}
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