RECORD TOTE FIGURES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 5 January 1945, Page 3

RECORD TOTE FIGURES

HOLIDAY RACE MEETINGS Wellington. This Day. The sum of £1.950.008 10s was invested on the totalisator at racing and trotting meetings held throughout the Dominion during the holiday period. This figure shows an increase of £169.058 10s over the total invested during the corresponding period last year. There were two extra fixtures — one racing and one trotting—this year and these tended to swell the increased investments. The largest increase at any centre I was recorded at Auckland, where the investments at the Ellerslie races were £53.087 10s in excess of last years amotint. A substantial increase of £45.449 was also registered at the Auckland trotting meeting. The total investments at the two Auckland meetings were £943.975 10s, compared with £845.389 last year. The following table gives a comparison of the totalisator returns for the Christmas and New Year period with those of last year :

Totals 605.036 555,382 49.654 Grand totals 1.590.008* 1.780.950 169,058*

RACING 1944-45 1943-44 Increase £ £ £ Auckland 650.592 597.5044 53.0874 Manawatu 134,294J 143.2344 -8.940 Marton 97.287 91.9104 5,3764 Wairarapa 73,878 58.847 15,031 Wyndham 37,632 J 34.807 2,8254 Taranaki 45.025 42.950 2,075 Waikouaiti 39.534 31.399 8.135 Dunedin 58,116 52,4034 5.7124 Hawkes Bav 34.7364 — 34.7364 Stratford 100.258 91.2374 9,0204 Southland 46 987 46.3794 6074 Greymouth 26,632 34.895 -8,263 Totals 1,344.9724 1.225.568 119,4044 TROTTING 1944-45 1943-44 Increase £ £ £ Auckland 293.3834 247.8844 45.499 C bury Park 162.036 184.260 -22.224 Ashburton 55.1554 56.874 -1.7184 Westport 36.226 35,055$ 1.1704 Gore 31,7404 31,308 432$ Winton 26.4944 — 26.4944