NEW ZEALAND TROTTING ASSOCIATION
• INCREASE IN STAKE MONEY. (By Teleuraph—Press Association.) Christchurch-, June i. At a meeting of the Board of the Now Zealand Trotting • Association to-day, when the question of passing programmes was under consideration, Mr. Kitchingham said he thought it was time the racing clubs were compelled to raise the stakes for coming events, in view of tho large entries they received and the amount of the totalisator investments. On his motion it was decided that the minimum stakes in trotting events at racing clubs' meetings should bo I'GD. The president, Mr. P. Selig, said that the committee appointed to deal with tho question of obtaining extra totalisator permits had taken certain action, and it was probable that further action would be taken next month. It was agreed to send a remit to the for a new rule providing for uniformity in starting horses by the. yards system, also to recommend that a 'rule be framed making it compulsory for riders and drivers to report,-to the stipendiary stewards any breakage of gear during a race.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 215, 5 June 1919, Page 6
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