FRENCH STABLE STRIKE.
GIRLS replace jockeys. K The struggling French feminist movement has struck the racing stables at Maison Laffite. All the stables there went on strike for more pay, and when some of the finest thoroughbreds in France were brought out for morning exercise half a dozen were mounted by women. They were the daughters of trainers, all of whom are efficient at handling horses, but not too well versed in the combined effort of jockey and strike bro.f'.er.
Trucks ..nsporting horses to the St. Cloud trar vere guarded by policemen, but had no trouble. Officers of the Trainers' Association predicted the boys would return to work before there had been any upset in the plans for the season.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 165, 14 July 1928, Page 21
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120FRENCH STABLE STRIKE. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 165, 14 July 1928, Page 21
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