CRITICISM OF CLUB
No Welcome To Visitors "The Frew" Special Service DUNEDIN. The lack of good public relations by the Forbury Park Trotting Club have come under fire in the last few days. The Inter-Dominion Championship contenders Our Eileen, Whaka and Golden Ego arrived at Momona Airport on Tuesday and no representative of the club was in attendance to offer assistance. A similar situation arose when the three Australian pacers, Blazing Globe, Palpitate and Guiness, arrived last Thursday afternoon. The attitude of the host club has been in marked contrast to the welcome given the Australian contingent on its arrival in Christchurch last Tuesday. Officials of the New Zealand Trotting Conference, local trotting clubs, and the Canterbury Trotting Owners’ and Breeders’ Association were on hand to supply feed 1 for the horses, and publicly i welcome and look after the i six attendants. A member of 1 the committee of the For- < bury Park club on a businessl; trip was also at Christchurch ! Airport. 'j
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30678, 18 February 1965, Page 5
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