ASCOT has been transformed. Five big buildings have been erected and equipped for the totalisator. The largest is in the grand stand enclosure and is of such size that it has been nicknamed the “ Cathedral.” This contains the central operating station and its complicated mechanism. Other buildings are in the 6s stand grounds and in the paddock. They have been planned to harmonise with the surroundings. The connections from the three indicating boards and the paying-in boxes to the central station are cased in twenty-nine big cables containing many miles of wire. The paying-in and paying-out boxes number 360. About 1000 persons are employed in working the ‘‘ tote ” during the four days of the meeting. Bookmakers occupy their old positions in the enclosure and despite the ” tote ” are expected to be as numerous as ever.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 164, 13 July 1931, Page 6
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