GROWTH OF BETTING.
ASTOUNDING FIGURES. , , ,;' The Lyttelton Times says the totalis-i ator figures for the four days' raciii" of', the Canterbury Jockey Club and °the three days of the Metropolitan Trotting, Uub, compared with those for last year-/ tell their own astounding tale: ' "\ 1911 1012 Inc.! £ ■£ -£ C - J 'G 1:57,083 144,240 0,557 Trotting ... 78,520 09,177 20,648' Totals ....210,212 243,417 27,205! A still more effective comparison is provided by putting the figures for 1902 and 1912 side by side. These enable us to* see at a glance the rate at which the gambling spirit is spreading in Christchurch : .1902 1012 Inc. £ £ £ C..1.C 09,888 144,240 74,352 Trotting ... 23,034 90,177 75,543 Totals ... 1)3,522 243,417 140,805 In 1801-92 the whole Dominion managed to put £500.078 through the totalisator at 300 days' racing in twelve months. Twenty years later Canterbury put through nearly half that amount in seven days.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 152, 14 November 1912, Page 7
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144GROWTH OF BETTING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 152, 14 November 1912, Page 7
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