Empty pockets, loose tongues at Santa Rosa

With all the talk about strikes in local horse racing, from the owners, jockeys, grooms and trainers to other staff in the racing offices, listen in to this conversation between Dancing Brave and a chap called —The Clapper (who claps loudly no matter who wins, but still leaves Arima with pockets empty and tongue loose).

Dancing Brave: Hey Clapper!!! Here it is in July, and I go to the racetrack in Arima today and it was empty.
Clapper: Strike.
Dancing Brave: Strike? What are you talking about, strike? This is not baseball, there are no strikes or a ball or a single or a home run. I went to see horses run and nobody was there.
Clapper: Oh, and did you introduce yourself to the new President of the Arima Race Club and his new committee ?
Dancing Brave: Committee and new president? How could I say hello to the commission if nobody was there?
Clapper: Because I’m sure they would have been happy to meet you.
Dancing Brave: Who?
Clapper: No, he’s on the Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority Committee. Or at least he used to be before the strike. But I am not sure the members of the ARC would have said hello to you.
Brave: What?
Clapper: The Betting Levy Board.
Brave: Wait a minute. Who were we talking about?
Clapper: Nobody, until you brought up the Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority and the Betting Levy Board.
Brave: That’s right. Nobody. I went to the racetrack and saw nobody.
Clapper: Exactly, the New Arima Race Club committee.
Brave: Nobody is the New Arima Race Club committee?
Clapper: Now you’re starting to make some sense.
Brave: Make sense? I don’t even know what I’m talking about. You must think I’m dizzy.
Clapper: No, I already know Dizzy. He was at the beach yesterday. He runs one of the striking bodies. He says it does not matter if the punters are taken for a ride day in day out, they deserve their money on time, and he is even looking for an increase.
Brave: You mean they are really doing that and he stops their services? Is he goofy?
Clapper: No, I already told you he’s Dizzy. But Goofy is the guy who made Dizzy do it. Goofy works for all the striking bodies. He’s their chief negotiator. Not a bad guy. Here’s a picture of him.
Brave: What kind of hat is that?
Clapper: Salary cap. That’s what all this is about. That’s why there’s no more horseracing and there may not be for a long time.
Brave: But isn’t somebody in charge to stop the strike?
Clapper: I thought I told you that Nobody was in charge. Somebody will be brought in, probably from Jamaica, to take over for Nobody. But it isn’t a job for anybody now, so Nobody is going to do it until Goofy and Dizzy get the strike settled.
Brave: Amazing
Clapper: Oh, he’s out of it now. Amazing was involved in this new plant in Arima, but he beat up on the owners, trainers, and jockeys like a rug so often, he retired and turned it over to Dizzy. Have you got it all figured out now?
Brave: I don’t know
Clapper: As you have reminded me, by the way we are due to have dinner with the Bookmakers Associ-ation shortly. When are you free?
Bravest: As soon as the coast is clear and the children are asleep.
Clapper: Next year, then.
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