PWoF 2016 - Topic 03 - Sept. 24

[just mercedes]

but...can they fly?
the coastal roaches here in Sydney can't.

Wentworth Park is in Sydney.

http://wentworthpark.com.au/

Aha - so it's not a Wentworth Park in Auckland or something, but the greyhound racing track. Makes sense, since your boss raced dogs in the poem. Well, the roaches in that part of town can fly...

I was a clerk on racetracks in Sydney for some years, penciling for J K Waterhouse. He didn't actually race dogs at all, he collected (and made) bets on dog races. (And trots, and gallops.) That's why he had 'bags' of money - bookie's bags are full of cash.  http://www.larosa.com.au/product/bookmakers-bag/