WELLINGTON RACING CLUB.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1474, 25 July 1918, Page 9

WELLINGTON RACING CLUB.

The Wellington Racing Club have every reason to be satisfied with the season’s operations, which testify to the increasing popularity of meetings at Trentham. During the 1916-17 season racing was conducted on ten days at Trentham, the spring and autumn fixtures being each limited to two days, while the summer and winter gatherings both were threeday meetings. The totalisator investments for the ten days amounted to £411,471 10s., an average per day of £41,147. During the 1917-18 season just closed only six days’ racing took place at Trentham, a day having been taken off both the summer and winter meetings, while the autumn meeting was cut out altogether. Notwithstanding the loss of four days’ racing, the splendid total of £278,922 10s. was invested on the machine during the six days, an average of £46,487 for each day, which is over £5OOO per day better than the average recorded throughout the 1916-17 season.