STAKES INCREASED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 102, 3 May 1939, Page 20

STAKES INCREASED.

GRAND NATIONAL MEETING. (By Telegraph— Special to "Star.") CHRISTCHURCH, this day. The committee ot the Caiitei-lmi y Jockt-y Club hsiti i>asscd the lii-ivriiiniuv for the Grand National meeting, with stakes totalling JU11.21)0, cinnpaifil witli £10,62;] last year. .Vine races will receive a uliare at tlio £.")7j increase in i>iize-inom-y. On the firat day the Caslinicrc Plat« lias been laisod by £M) u> £'M\ which now- Im-couu-h the ininiiuiiin staki? for the meeting, while £?."> has been added to the Winter Cup. making it i.'77.">. On the seeontl day the BetiulWt Steeplechase h.is Kone up JL'IIM) to £7(X>. t.lir Isliuutoii Handicap £M) to JC-M), ainl tlic Au~:n.-t Handicap £:*> to £4(K). On the thud day tlie Lincoln Ktoe.plediase has ht-cu increased by XMCXI t'l i.'7(Ki, while three other races have benefited ,L".">n each, tinSydenham Hunlk-H now heinjr wortli £<M). the Heatheote Handicap C !."XI. and the Selwyn Handicap J." 400. The (irand National Steeplechase of Cl.~>(m. and the Grand N'ational Hurdles o; L" 10J.~>. alrcadv thc rivh«Ht races at the meeting, have In-cii left on the same level as last year. These two events and the Winter Cup will each have a silver plate, value A)2o, included in the pi ize. In addition to the inere-a«es in stakes the committee has .studied the owners by making Hlilwtantial reductions in the combined nomination and acceptance ice*; for the principal jumping rncex. The cost of starting in the Grand National Steeplechase, formerly £I.'>. has been reduced to £10. and the Crand National Hurdles formerly £10. will \yp £7. Tl, e Beaufort and Lincoln Steeplechases will cost £."i. instead of £7. and the Sydenham Hurdles' C 4 instead ot £6. Tlie stakes for classic races have not been increased. The conditions have Ween amended to provide that horses vemaMiiiv in after the first forfeit will l>e considered as starteis. unless they arc tfubwymu-ntly withdrawn. All the lacinc elubs in Canterl)ury liave had tiieir (i:ites for next season approved by the District Committee without alteration.