THE TOTASATOR AT DUNEDIN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 62, 12 March 1880, Page 1

THE TOTASATOR AT DUNEDIN.

~~ -, — — • i '„,.- . . ' • The following particulars j regarding - the waking of the totalisator . at the '/. Dunedin races the other day will be : "interesting. They are ikom we Otago Times : —These, machines w j ro afeature inthe day's proceedings. They were worked i in an j entirely j successful manner, although the one under the ' charge of Messrs Corbetfc and Eaton 1 , outside the enclosure, sufferjed from a ... -hitch-over th c first rtice. ; The.individual " who does the calculation as to the ! amounts coming to the Juckyj investors, ■" by some mischance managed to calculate ; that - each investment had been £I, whereas it was really only j 10a. He* therefore paid — -it was on Luna, in the —^Tree-Handicap —^2 83 upoii each. 10a invested, instead of £1 4s, winch should -have been the dividend. This must have meant a considerable lqsa to the • proprietors, for we do not presume v. rany; of it was: recouped by the; fortunate receivers. However, the mistake/ was v- not one which destroyed the ■', -of the public in the working of the machine, and large investments viqvq t r ; ;i^a^e;qn sprnje of t^e sueceeclin^jrape;^ lllWe EQ^gkoJe^parl icula rs, regard-i _ ing the] working of the one inside -the enclosure. It is a more satisiafetbi'y'oßie 1* ,1 than: the other, in that it has a^Kfe^n li fronton which the calculation iaworkgd ; 5 : dit, it may. be s^en b j inyestctra* 3,<wiio^vw n to sat i B fy themsejivesoas'-t©' S : Melr|ftir receipts. The totk^am'oun^ '•= in this totalisator duringthe -^dajrwas £152S^, which-allowed Jh'^ to^ ? , 2 f : '.pjjie'tprs, 'wf|ip f 'gpti , five pct ;_ ..coat, aqoi^t 'Wf otto;:: Sockex; (J^fub,oq whoju^&Uo •jigoti.fix.e per -cent,, an !l %qual «i amdaiit.^ iTJpon the Cup race, 321 ? !J f «harW:;%ere;takien up. ,at ( £s pcr t sj^^j v r'l'^ifca^S^icre^e? ymWl ofc^^ese, •I'Ht-MatarTOth/Tfttf, orip^,3, 37, < i« Foul Play ■«•!, Betrayeplß,i-A|tlantiolli'' : Oamballo 7, Hornb^s, arid jLpnglands^ :V - C 4 .! Mata 1 wirinipg %Ke race,, p64#y-ae.B9ci 1 10 p§r ( ce4t,;.,4ivide4 Jt^y. „s^, gave the tdividend payable to backers; of Mata, r< : ; £9 15a was paid for evjery £2 in-' vested, being an odds of neaply 5 to l. : „ ;Th^vU,tftto^ .obt^n^bje.rfrom |the ,bo,pk^

, makers wa^ 3 to/1. .: iThe LadiesVParse, was not invested on at all, | Hilarious ibeing so ( extreme ■■.-.& favourite. 232 shares; were taken >m the Publicans' Hattdieapj'lS going' tor^Tibaniaj'^b^orie.. „sh|e;w as scratched, ,^9. iok JSTatiatdr, 71 r . fojr Billingßgate^and,' 67 for jLuna. the ; w^iiner.l: Abput^ ; 4 8 W^ B P^^oyer'to each;winner,Jihe:oddß being thus r 3 s to XJ; Luna was most largely invested „pn jig , the Free Handicap, and Sir Modred had 55 faaciers in the Champagjne .stakes .against 28, |bc=theW"aimea cplt and 19 for the JRevoke coit. ; We believe, the ; public were ; extremely well satisfied 'yniJK the working' of ;! the machine, whlch^ seems likely to grow in favour. . -