RACE BETTING

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20078, 26 October 1939, Page 8

RACE BETTING

A MARKED INCREASE LABOUR DAY MEETINGS LARGE CITY TURNOVERS A great increase in the amounts handled by the totalisator at the various racing and trotting meetings throughout New Zealand on Labour Day is shown by a comparison with the turnover last year. At six flat race meetings on Monday the investments totatled £187,G27 10s, while the investments at the three trotting meetings totalled £101.785 10s. In only one instance, at the Wavcrley Racing Club’s meeting, was the totalisator turnover less than last year, the decrease being £22 10s. When the investments on the Poverty Bay Hunt Club’s meeting, held on August 6 last year instead of Labour Day as was the case this year, are taken into consideration, the total increase for the nine meetings on Monday was £51,200 !os. The lota lisator turnover for these meetings this year and last year were respectively £289,803 and £238,102 10s.

The largest amount of money was handled at Trentham by the Wellington Racing Club, the turnover being £91,328 Ids. However, the Auckland Trotting Club, which put through £54,088 10s, had the largest increase of £19,033. Details are as follows:

Racing 1939 1938 ti: £ Wellington R.C. 91.328.', 73,579 Waikato Hunt 40,844.', 30,229 Wavcrlev R.C. 13,492.’. 13,515 Poverty Bay Hunt North Canterbury 5,9474 3,2311 R.C .• • • 13,00(1 10,1881 Gore R.C 23,0081 21,925 Total 187,0271 158,008 Trotting Auckland 54,0881 35,0551 Oamaru 30,9391 28,582 Grcymouth 10,7071 15,857 Total 101,7351 79.4944