TOO SEVERE A BURDEN ?
"Following the running o£ the Melbourne Gup a controversy haa arisen asi to the advisability-*, of. imposing a .maximum ■weight in, the race. # Many owners and trainers Contend that it is not in the best ' interests of racing that such a champion as Phar Lap. should be unduly burdened to give moderate performers a chance in a race. Sonic trainers claim that no horse should"be handicapped above 10.5 in the Cup, while others_ declare that 10.0 is sufficient. "If a hoise can win. the Melbourne Cup with 10.0,". said one trainer, "it shows that he is a good one, and he should not be j{ivcn a weight that would make it almost impossible for Kirn to concede the difference to otbec starters in a face."
The chairman :of tlic Victoria Racing Club (Mr. L. K. S. Mackinnon) is opSosed.to tHe fixing of a maximum weight. It claims that 10.10 is not a prohibitive weight-to carry in a race like the Melbourne Cup. He also contends that hud Carbine at his best been a starter in this mat's Cup ho-would have been successful jfrth PBar Lap's -weight. It- is extremely ' ioubtful whether anything will be done in fhe direction of fixing a maximum weight.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 120, 17 November 1931, Page 6
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TOO SEVERE A BURDEN ?
Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 120, 17 November 1931, Page 6
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