Sponsorship Update : A trip back in time
Sponsorship Update : A trip back in time
Arrowfield’s partnership with the State Library of NSW allows the public to ‘touch history’ as part of the Library’s unique Discover Collections. The ‘Day At The Races’ Collection takes you on an interactive and informative online journey canvassing topics as diverse as the first thoroughbred horses introduced to the fledgling colony, to Sydney’s first race meeting, the changing fashions, pedigrees, picnic races and betting.
The collection can be accessed here
It’s easy to lose time once you start browsing the old photographs and looking at maps and historical stud books, but one thing that did intrigue me was the piece of Randwick history: the race book from the June 8, 1931 meeting. You can access the racebook here : Click and drag on the corners of the race book to turn its pages.
What is intriguing about the book (apart from discovering what trams serviced the racecourse, the minimum bet price, and the price of a plate of oysters 78 years ago!) is the sheer number of pages listing registered bookmakers. One can only imagine the frenzy of noise in the betting auditorium.
