PRIZES TOO SMALL

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 58, 6 September 1937, Page 11

PRIZES TOO SMALL

SYDNEY "MYTH" EXPLODED "I am finished with SyGney. Proprietary clubs are killing the racing game here, and any horses I send to Australia in future will go to Melbourne to be trained." So declared Mr C. M. Emanuel.. well-known New Zealand racehorse owner, in Sydney last week. Mir. Emanuej had no complaints to make on the occasion of previous visits tc Sydney, and, for that matter, Aero King has won two races for him recently, but— "Sydney racing has deteriorated 10U per cent, since. I was last here. The fault lies with the proprietary clubs, with their small prize-money and high admission charges. Except at very small meetings, we have no race worth less than £ 150 in New Zealand, but Sydney clubs do not. appec to cater for horse owners to ■ the extent they should. "Overhead expenses here 'are altogether too high, and, in respect of racegoers, it >eems disproportionate that they should be charged as much ■to enter one of the provincial courses as to see the best horses at Randwick. There you 'aye the reaso.n why many peoj le prefer to stay at home and patronise S:P. bookmakers." Mr. Emanue] was not talking heatedly, but simply recording his impresons i-ajned since his latest visit to Sydney, and discussing his plans for the.future. ....;.. :. :';':■ \' ■: ■'..."■"' . "It is almost impossible for a. horse owne. to, make racing pay in Sydney, unless he is a big bettor," he added. "For my part, I love the gameand race ■ for the jty of it- But you cannot get away from the fact that Melbourne is y the place for prize-money,, and that is where I shall send my horses in future. Until conditions improve I shall never send another > horse across the Tasman to race for the small prizes offering in Sydney- My criticism, of course, is not directed at the A.J.C." Mr. Emanuel is undecided whether to leave Aoro King in' Sydney. He does hot consider the cot well treated by the handicappers, and in all probability will have him shipped back to New Zealand, but, before making a definite decision, will talk the matter over with his trainer.