Racing DELAYS AT TRENTHAM

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28939, 6 July 1959, Page 6

Racing DELAYS AT TRENTHAM

Tryfeg Moment* Wj (from Own Reporter; WELLINGTON, Jmy J. Doubles uuiwui aaa offlcuua had some trying moments at iru)tu«4> mr datmaay, t‘or a start there had co oe a m.ision at tue wm netting ’ pool on u« Whyte Hanuicap, m wuich me sublemuites Lu.iyarra and . uasarm aead-ueated. Both manual «nu electric doubles . toiausators uad to be brought into uae .to nanaie tne unusuauy large - number of doubles tickets which had to be exchanged on the second leg. the Stewards' Handicap. There wts iurtner delay when douoiea betters tound that tickets on ootn -Bunyarra and > Disarm could not I*, ex-hanged at .tne same bet-imf-.jyinaolf. A 4 luck would have it |ta oH-cd-urae substitute for both Bunyarra apu Disarm ,in the Stew.UWdmp was pair Merit, which is their napiemate. Faff Merit was a late scratching, his trainer finding him lame not .ong oerore the race. By this time 85z tickets (8s unit) taken out on Bunyarra bad already oeen exchanged tot tickets- On Fajr Merit, and 661 oi the tickets taken out on pisarm baa been placed-to tiis staftiemate. , • Holders oi all these ticket* bap to be given me chance once again to exchange tneir doubles tickets ob was too few ana that there had oeen delays up to three-quarters 01 an hour. A* a result, the Stewards’ Handicap, which was timed to start about 325 pjn.. went: off at nearly 4 •'Clock. The starting time for the next and last race, the Te Aro Handicap, was. put back to 4.40 p.m., 30 minutes later man the advertised time. With an inquiry being held into alleged interference affecting the third and fourth horses in that race, it was 35 or 40 minutes later before the last of a big crowd was leaving the course.