THE TOTE FIGURES

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 284, 4 January 1930, Page 10

THE TOTE FIGURES

ANALYSIS OF HOLIDAY RACING. MOST MEETINGS SHOW INCREASE IN 1NYESTMENTS. OVER A MILLION. An analysis of the holiday racing figures show that people were not uxxwilling to invest on the totalisator during the holidays. Of four meetings held at Clxristmas, tliree slxowed incx-eases in tote figures when compared with last year, the only one xix which the figures were down on last year being Taranaki, which was £6339 hehind. Taken as a whole, however, the money put through the totalisator at the Clxristmas meetings this year was £10.211 xxxore than at the same gatherings last year. Nine meetings over the New Year showed inoreases in five cases (Auckland, Hastings, "Wairarapa. Greymouth and Dunedin), with deci'eases in fonr cases (Marton, Stratford, Wyndham, and New Plyixxouth) Tn all there was £56,677 more put on the tote at the Nexv Year meetings this year than at tlm same meetings last year. A study of tbe figures slmws that two Taranaki meetings (New Plymouth and Stratford) and two Southland meptino-.s nVyndham na,| Invercargill) suffered decreases. Whether that is due to a lessening in the nopularitv of racing or a deorease in the snending power of the_ neopl© of those districts cannnt b° said. Both Hawb-e's Bav meetings (Hastings and Waipnknrau) showed inoreases. as did Auckland. Manawata . 4anrf Wairarapa. Despi+e the fact, that renm-ts of tbe enrthnuak© kad led most pppnlp t" heh'ev© that tbe spare casb nn tbr. Typc-fc Censt wo"kl he used up in '•"hahilita+ing the stricken areas the TTvevnionth meeting showed a suhstantia1 increase. Taken in tbe aferecatp. tlie beHin" P1 rrpr^.S fnr ihe bob'rlav poncon. inpludi ii " trof+"n ,r. +otallp71 £1 V 9.765, of e-bieb £886.^77 w iu-i-psted at race mo^tinns and af. t.rottina' "atberinns. Tbe +otnl is -^83.754 more 4b"n that recorded at similar meetings la^'t vear. Dcta ilorT flnmrps for tbe various rac:ng nnrl T>-"»o+bin.i5 are: — RACING CLUBS.

1928-29. 1929-30, £ £ Auckland — Finst day ... 95,783J 121,417 Second day ... 44,311 72,075 Third day ... 98,757 74,182* Fourth day ... 80,197 84,761* Increase 33,387* Manawatu — First day ... 43,999 51,763 Second day ... 33,777 34,105 Third day' ... 33,134 33,898 110,910 119,766 Increase 8,856 Dunedin — First day ... 21,854 23,776 Second day ... 15,962 21,786 37,816 45,562 Increase 7,746 Taranaki — First day , ... 25,750 24,182* Second day ... 22,906* 18,135 48,656* 42,317* Decrease 6,339 Waipxikurau — One day ... 14,120 15,168 Increase 1,048 Westland — One dav ... 7,272 10,026 Incx-ease 2,754 Greymoxith — First day ... 6,799 9,828 Secoxxd day ... 10,061 13,522 16,860 23,350 Tixcrease 6,490 Hawke's BayFirst day ... 19,397 21,01.1 Second day ... 16,140 20,196 35,537 41,207 Increase 5,670 StratfordFirst day ... 27,136* 26,820 Secoxxd day ... 26,396* 25,249 53,533 52,669 Decx-ease 1,464 Marton — First day ... 29,662 27,987 Second day ... 21,548 21,757 51,210 49,743 Decrease 1,467 Wnirarapa — - First day ... 24,096 29,994 Second day ... 21,646* 24,089 45,742* 54,083 Incx-ease 8,340* Waikouaiti— One day ... 16,544 24,076 Incx-ease 7,532 Wyndham — One day ...• 17,769* 16,986 Decrease 783* Southland — First Aiy ... 21,207* 20,269* Second day ... 19,108 19,218 40,315* 39,487* Decrease 828 Racing totals ... 815,334* 886,277 Increase 70,942* TROTTING CLUBS. Gore — One day ... 18,414 17,513 Decrease 901* Asliburton — One day ... 20,410* 24,331 Increase 3,920* South Wau-arapa — First day ... 6,876 9,654 Second day ... 5,520 8,672* 12,396 18,326* Increase 5,930* Aueklaxxd — First day ... 60,840 61,709 Second day ... 56,074 52,256 Third day ..._ 53,387* 52,590 170, 30L* 166,555 Decx-ease 3,746* Westport — ' Fi'rst day ... 9,433 10,830 Second day ... 8,498* 6,624* 17,931* 17.454* Decrease 477 Winton — One day ... 12,906 12,558 Decrease 348 Inangakua — One day ... 6,480* 5,689* Decx-ease 791 Caxiterbux-y Park — First day ... 28,431 34,516 Second day ... 33,405 36,544* . 61,836 71,060* Incerase 9,224* Trotting totals 320,676* 333,488 Increase 12,811* Grand totals 1,136,011 1,219.765 Increaae 1 83,754 S