PONY AND GALLOWAY RACING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 729, 31 January 1910, Page 6

PONY AND GALLOWAY RACING.

Sir,—Now that legislation has. been passed, and will. ere. long be stringently enforced throughout our Dominion, might I, on: behalf of the boys who have ridden,'trainers, and those whom have , been at" work in stables sinoe ,the. inception of the above, invoke your''ai4 ;in securing to make 1 right a decided unforseen injustice in . depriving the' aforementioned men from: earning' their future lively hood?'. It is not'my,;, desire' to clamour for ; this ■ sport's retention, but it was,' and is at present,!' up to % the, month of March,-' perfectly legal' in • 'current.'legislation. No provision has been made in the Act 'for the : reinstating of' those who have: been ; associated ■ with: the- abdve; and .on! behalf; of • some -hundred / of • the same. I make an.;appeal , to : the 'New: Zear land Hacing Club, and particularlyto. Sir Geo'. Clifford to give fflese men andboys a chance to..come into the sport "horse-racing that our Government will aftervMarcn continue to legalise and countenance." . What is ,to 'become of tome of the best bred 6tock' that has raced , among the; .'ponies, equivalent :to the average ■ breeding of horses, now competing in. the 'older, sport? ; Could 'not they , be examined and breeding submitted, 'with', a view to legitimising, them for nomination with ,the_ New; Zealand' racing -clubs? Let the racing clubs make some. provisional .arrangement. for ■ them to enter,sayi subject. .to iv. term : of. probation. Then,., providing'.'they' conduct' themselves .thCTr. calling, give them a' recognised : status.-^-I" am," etc., •• ■ E. W. ARNOLD, Jr. January 28. ,