THE TOTALISATOR.

Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1134, 4 January 1884, Page 3

THE TOTALISATOR.

The following interesting information is from “ Mazeppa’s sporting nortes:—To give some idea of the increasing popularity of the totalisator 1 have jotted down the following figures as representing the comparative aixounts invested at some of the spring race meetings during the last season and the present one. Some of the figures are only approximate, but they are not far out ; 1882. 1883. Otago Hunt Club ... £1,682 £2,789 Geraldine ... ... 800 2,515 Alexandra ... ... 230 303 Cromwell 400- 634 North Canterbury ... 1,800 1,400 Auckland 1,720 2,117 Ashburton 2,500 4,244 C. Spring ... 19,855 28,236 W avorlcj-Waitotara 1.736 1,140 Taranaki 1,150 786 Wellington ... ... 1,653 1,760 D. Spring ... 6,415 6,928 ...... £39,841 £54,970 Thus it will be seen that, although in throe_ out of the dozen meetings above-; mentioned the figures this year are below those of last year, the present seasons’a total _ gain is £15,129. Many small meetings held since the opening of the season also exhibit a considerable increase in the.totalisator investments, and but for the drenching rain that fell during the Auckland meeting, and on the seeond day of the Dunedin meeting, there is everyj reason to suppose that the money putthrough the machines so far this season; would have topped last season’s total fori the same period by £20,000. What will) the total be by the end of next July ? i