subs. phr. (racing).—Laying fairly and equally against nearly all the horses in a race, so that no great risk can be run.—HOTTEN. Hence BETTER-ROUND (agent).
c. 1820. [‘THORMANBY,’ Famous Racing Men, 75.] He [John Gully] worked on gradually as a layer of odds—a ‘BETTOR ROUND,’ or ‘leg,’ as he was called in those days.
