Mobile Starts
Sir,—The amendment to mobile start regulations approved by the New Zealand Trotting Conference is interesting, as it is a reversion to the practice which applied originally. At Addington Raceway when this moving up previously applied, the drivers of horses drawn at the rails position in the second line used to refuse to move up to the outside position on the front line, were ordered to do so, or allowed to stay where they were, at the whim of the starter. I hope that from now on the betting public can be confident that the rule will be enforced, and can decide on the chances of their particular choices with knowledge that the rule will be adhered to. There is no doubt that Number 10 draw is much more favourable than Number 9, so it will be with some reluctance that the inside position is vacated.—Yours etc, E.R.P. April 9, 1968. [The secretary of the New Zealand Trotting Conference (Mr J. Rowley) replies: “Your correspondent may rest assured that the new mobile starting regulation will be strictly enforced."]
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19680420.2.85.13
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31659, 20 April 1968, Page 12
Word Count
179Mobile Starts Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31659, 20 April 1968, Page 12
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.