FALLING OFF SHOWN
.RACING ATTENDANCES POSITION IN AUSTRALIA ' BROADCASTING ONE REASON Starting-price betting and broadcasting are, mainly blamed for the falling-off in racecourse attendances in Australia during the last few years. but there must be other. reasons. In the years of depression many people gave up racing because they found it costly , and, they never returned. More are playing golf, bowls and tennis than a few years ago. Motoring also takes a large number of people away from the city . on Saturdays and holidays. All things considered, a wider interest in various other amusements
has probably had a lot to do with the depletion of the ranks of racegoers. The falling-off in attendance at Randwick since 1926-27 is remarkable. That was the" best season of the Australian Jocke^' Club, "the added money for 15 days totalling £126,775, and the attendance 672,779. This season t'he added money for a , similar number of days was £89,110, and the total attendance' 446,141 — a drop of 222j638. Figures for the two seasons; — '
The attendance at 'A.J.C. meetings this season was below'- that of 1935-36, when it aggregated 470,112 for 14 days and the added money -was £79,440. As the iotalisator turnover this season is also less than last, there vv.ould seem a possibility of the ruling b'ody having to give- though t to retrenchment~ iir- prfze-money unless ' t'here • is all-rouncl improycmont at the soring
• , Added AttendMoney. ance. Spring (4 days) £46,500 238,626 November (1-day) -• 3,150 27,827 Summer (2 -days) ...... 11,950 ' 65,681 Anniversary (2 - • .. days) , 10,175 67,967 Autumn (4 days) 44,950 . 192,280 Winter (2"days) . ' 10^050 80,398 '• Totals ' L.4.J £126,775 672,799
1926-27
Spring (4 days) £28,900' 151,631 Summer (2 days) r 8,400 ( 45,596 Anniversary (2 days) 7,550 40,972 Autumn. (4 (days) •. S '35,350 143,424 Anzac Day -.., — ..2,850 } 28,823 Coronation Day 3,000 22,886 Winter (1 . day) ......... . 3,060 . 12,809 Totals .' £89,110 446,141
1936-37
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 178, 14 August 1937, Page 16
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