WELLINGTON MEETING CONCLUDED
A SMALL DECLINE IN AGGREGATE TURNOVER
' (By "Rangatira.*'): X Considering the loss of the publichblidayj the Wellington Racing Club's Spring Meeting, which;'.was-concluded'in fine weather at Trentham yesterday,' did well to emerge with only a relatively small decline in aggregate investmerits..;; Oil the two earlier days an increase of over £20,000 had been-jbiiilt up, promising an extraordinarily successful meeting, but am anticipated Labour Day turnover of six figures was replaced tiy oiifly. £59,474.10s on the substituted final day, which converted the return for the meeting into a decrease of £9346. The racing: as a whole, due in a measure to numerous defections following-the postponement, was hardly up to the best Trentham standard, but the fair-sized crowd in attendance nevertheless thoroughly enjoyed the day's sport.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 105, 30 October 1940, Page 14
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