RACE BETTING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23486, 25 October 1939, Page 10

RACE BETTING

A MARKED INCREASE LABOUR DAY MEETINGS LARGE CITY TURNOVERS A great increase in the amounts handled by the totalisators at the various racing and trotting meetings throughout New Zealand 011 Labour Day is shown by a comparison with the turnover Inst year. At six flat race meetings on Monday . the investments totalled £187,627 10s, while the investments at the three trotting meetings totalled £101,735 10s. In only one instance, at the W.averier Racing Club's meeting, was the totalisator turnover less than last year, the decrease being £22 10s. When the investments on the Poverty Bay Hunt Club's meeting, held on August 6 last year instead of Labour Day as was the case this year, are taken into consideration, the total increase for the nine meetings on Monday was £51,200 10s. The totalisator turnover for these meetings this year and last year were respectively £289,363 and £238.162 10s. The largest amount of money was handled at Trentham by the Wellington Pacing Club, the turnover being £91,328' 10s. However, the Auckland Trotting Club, which put through £54,088 10s," had the largest increase of £19,033. Details are as follows:

RACING 1939 1038 'Wellington R.C. .. £91.,325% .£73,579' Waikato Hunt .. 4U,S-14% 30,'-'29 Wavcrlcy R.C. .. 13,192% 13,515 Poverty Bay Hunt .. 0,917/2 3,231 % North Canterbury R.C. 13,000 10,1 SS% Gore R.C 23,008*4 21,925 Total . . . . £1.87,027% £ISS,GGS TROTTING Auckland .. .. £54,058% £35,055% Oamaru .. .. 30,939% 25.552 Greymouth .. .. 10,707% 15,557 .Total .. .. £.101,735% £79,494%