MANAWATU CUP MEETING

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 120, 17 November 1937, Page 17

MANAWATU CUP MEETING

.'.The Manawatu Racing' Club has made an appreciable increase in. the stake-money to be offered at itsv Cup Meeting at Christmas, the aggregate for the three days being £5410, compared with £4630 last year, an increase of £780. The fixture is set down for Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday;. December 27, 28, and 30. On the opening.day the sum of £2070----is being, allocated, the sum attached to six of the races having been increased. The Manawatu Cup war now carry a stake value of £700, the sum of £490 going to the winner, £140 to the second horse, arid £70 to the third. The Fitzherbert Handicap, the open sprint, has been advanced to £'300. ; •'...-.•■ .f , Similar all-fourtd increases have been made where the other two days' events are concerned', while • some minor, adjustments have been made in the order in which the'races will be run. On the second day the 'Christmas Handicap, a hack seven furlongs event, substitutes the Champion Hack Handicap, the latter having been transferred to the third day, and it will make a grand finale to the' meeting. It has been the custom-to enter upon the third day's programme with the Apprentices' Handicap, but it has tieen made the second event on this year's programme, the Tiritea Highweight having been promoted to -the top of the card. ■ •' ' In all respects the programme should meet with the approval of owners and trainers, and, as in the past, there should be a strong representation of South Island horses at the .Awapuni Meeting.