"UNEMPLOYED" TRAINERS
At a meeting of the board of the New Zealand Trotting Association Mr. J. R. McKenzie drew attention to the number of men who, drawing unemployment pay, trained horses under conditions with which the average trainer could not compete. "It is not fair to owners," said Mr. McKenzie, "that these men should be allowed to train horses under such conditions; neither is it fair to other trainers, nor to the horses."
There had been cases Of men training horses for £1 a week, and no man could do a horse justice on this amount. It was also stated that men without licences were training and driving horses on the Addington track, and at New Brighton there were others training horses at ridiculously low prices. It was decided to write to the stipendiary steward asking him to make inquiries, and. to report to the association at intervals. . " ' . .
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Evening Post, Issue 42, 19 February 1936, Page 13
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148"UNEMPLOYED" TRAINERS Evening Post, Issue 42, 19 February 1936, Page 13
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