“Free Gate” at Ellerslie. Among the incidents in the history of the Great Northern meeting is that of a free gate on one occasion. This wa" in 1890, and the circumstances which brought it about were of the unique order, comments “Phaeton.” The action of the Railway Department at that period in raising the railway fa from Is to Is 6d was viewed in a vorv serious light by th<« comm’ toe of th Auckland Racing Club and strong appeals wore made to tho department to observe the old rate, but without avail. The imposition of tho extra sixpence, it was thought, would seriously affect the attendance at Ellerslie, and it was therefore deemed advisable to announce a free gate. Racegoers n spend their money a Jot more freely than they did in ‘he nineties, and it may be doubted if any racing (dub in Ihe day would be frightened into a free gate by whai is exacted for railway fares.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 118, 21 May 1932, Page 4
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