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SMALLER BETTING TOTALS Australian Totalizator Figures FiguresFall Fall Far Below the Average News of Some Racing Notables in inOff Off Season Racing in the V Commonwealth SYDNEY N S V Australia July 10 The government financial year closed on June 30 and despite the interference to which racing was sub ¬ jected through influenza restrictions the revenue from the totalizator and betting taxes was greater than for the year ending June 30 19 8 The return from the totalizator for the recently con ¬ cluded year was 052020 against 414010 and from betting taxes 302225 against 297010 Last year the government received 997977 from all sources that amount including a proportion of the fees paid by the bookmakers to racing clubs for betting privileges Next week I shall probably be in a position to give further particulars relative to the governments betting revenue revenueEarly Early tljis season there seemed a possibility of the totalizator turnover at Randwick approximating a million but the abandonment of the Easter Show and postponements owing to influenza restrictions upset calculations At the Australian Jockey Club 033 whereas with conditions normal something approaching 1000000 would have been turned over There has also been a falling off at the other autumn and winter meetings For instance only 05800 was put through at City Tattersalls meeting on its last day against 186519 at the correspond ¬ ing fixture last year yearlast last year the machines were used at Randwick on nineteen days against twenty during the past twelve months and the turnover was 2500712 This years figures are as follows followsMeetings Meetings Days Amounts AmountsTaltersalls Taltersalls Spring 1 172245 172245Australian Australian Jockey Club Spring 4 1114690 1114690City City Tattersalls Spring 1 198400 198400Australian Australian Jockey Club December 1 190753 190753Australian Australian Jockey Club Summer 1 250410 250410TattersaUs TattersaUs Annual 2 391303 391303Australian Australian Jockey Club Annual 2 390911 390911Australian Australian Jockey Club Autumn 4 440033 440033Tattmalls Tattmalls Winter 1 37318 37318Australian Australian Jockey Club Winter 2 275108 275108City City Tattersalls Winter 1 05800 05800Total Total 20 days 3527034 3527034Average Average 170352 170352SYDNEYITES SYDNEYITES HEAVIER BETTORS BETTORSThe The contention of some of the antitotalizator division that it tends to excessive gambling cer ¬ tainly does not hold good in New Zealand It is mentioned that the official estimate of the attend ¬ ance at Ellerslie Auckland on Great Northern Steeplechase day was 23000 and yet with the totalizator the sole medium of speculation the bet tiug turnover was only 384830 There were also tibout 23000 people present at Randwick last Syd ¬ ney Cup day and though only 138415 went through the totalizator it must not be overlooked that even allowing for absentees fully 370 book ¬ makers were operating in the various iuclosures Their joint turnover at a low computation would Im five times as great as that of the totalizator uiml it therefore seems fair to deduce that Auck JamlerH do not bet nearly as heavily as Sydneyites SydneyitesUp Up to June Martian was an easy first in this Reasons winning stallion list iu New Zealand His progeny had won 114087 notwithstanding there were fewer meetings than usual during the first sir mouths of the season Thirtyfive of Martians irepremitatives have been placed putting together rfiftysir wins including two dead heats fifty mue seconds including one dead heat and forty one thirds Sasanof with 24400 has been the principal contributor in the way of prize money then coining Mascot 14325 Warplane 9500 Nanna 7250 Marsa 7000 Melee 5925 and Vagabond 5550 5550The The Australianbred gelding Thrace is evidently inttitled to a prominent place with the hardy racing division The son of Poseidon experienced a hard race one day in endeavoring to defeat Cynic in the Great Northern hurdle race but such did not take the steel out of him for oh the second and third lays of the meeting he came out and respectively won the Remuera and Campbell hurdle races in came fashion Thrace is a most composed equine indeed he can be voted one of the most mannerly Jiorses that have graced Ellerslie The best hurdler in the Dominion was the enthusiastic summing up f Thruce by a keen judge after the son of Poesl dou had carried 173 pounds to victory in the Camp Kiel I hurdle race racePolystonje Polystonje by Polymelus Battles and Duba 3ub by Llongibby Rappel are reckoned South Africas two best horses up to one mile and one eightli Each had 134 pounds in the Johannesburg Winter Handicap of 7500 which was to have been run lust month next coming Pamphlet by Continued on second pace SMALLER BETTING TOTALS Continued from first page William Rufus Amphlett 131 pounds The mini ¬ mum was eightyfour pounds poundsTelecles Telecles which has been doing well in Mel ¬ bourne is a halfbrother by Poseidon to the Mel ¬ bourne Cup winner Westcourt and as a yearling was sold for lr 00 It was the following year V stcqurt was sold for 985 It has appeared iq print that Trinkut never raced but she did so at two anil three years in England winning at the former rge Though she threw a great stayer in Westcourt Trinket herself was a roarer when racing
