CORRESPONDENCE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12408, 28 August 1918, Page 4

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE TOTALISATOR, TO THE EDITOR. Sj_r,—May I protest through tho medium of your paper against the lack of accommodation provided for investors at the last meeting of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club? Several hundreds of disappointed! would-be investors must have been turned away during th o two days. The totahsator management and the club, no doubt, will suggest that the difficulty could bo overcome by investors procuring their tickets' as soon as tho windows nr© dpGH % but tlio uTGruEG race-goer generally makes up his mind at the last moment. It is only natural that an investor wants t 0 see the horses on tho track doing their pre--Imu nary before backing anything and 1 , ns P rm iege should he permitted to backers. . After one has had a look at the competitors'and made up his mind as to which he would like to invest his modest ten boh on, he rushes over to the machine, only to find queues from fifteen to twenty deep at every window, with only a minute or two to go to closing time. To make matters worse there are always the usual pointers who hand their money to friends near the windows, who get their tickets for them, thereby spoil-ing-whatever chance one might Jiavo had ot being m time. The difficulty I tmnk, could be overcome if -itfweie made compulsory for riders or drivers to bo on the track with their horses fm-wf +- re v 0 ? r fi , ftcen minutes beloie the time of closing down. The margin at present of from five to seven minutes is certainly not enough Hoping some improvement «in the directinn suggested will be made before tho November meeting.—l am,. et c . ! , SHUT OUT.