RANDWICK'S TOTALISATOR

Evening Post, Issue 6, 8 January 1935, Page 4

RANDWICK'S TOTALISATOR

It is reported that Randwiek lis .to have ;he latest improvements in its totalisators, and that is only as- it should be, '.writes, "Pilot." Melbourne has been .beating :Syd-< ney in this respect, but this was only to be expected,' as the installation of the machine at southern courses'-is-of'recent date, .and permitted-of the advantage of all improvements. - • ■ : -■ Provision for a • greater. . number of horses on the machine than the present twenty-one is something Randwick investors will specially appreciate; It.is annoying when you ?havß: selected an outsider that, if placed, 'would pay via.good dividend to find it .bracketed with !a horse tbatiis •well in the'market. The totalisatpT has mot ihaft a really good-run in Sydney. /For one'thing the deduction from spools is too great, and another is that insufficient provision for the payment of -dividemls has to itß unpopularity at some courses. Parsimony in that respect has cost the totalisator many- patrons. It is wearisome to stand in a queue until shortly ."before the horses are going out .for thelfollowing/race. With the Australian Jockey Club's giving a'lea'd,. it is to be hoped there •will be .improvement iin .totalisator facilities at all tracks. It means ; a .fairly.,heavy, -expenditure,.'.of; course, -but 'compensation mhould'i3e -assureu" from an increased turnover.