FORBURY PARK TROTTING CLUB

Evening Star, Issue 22194, 23 November 1935, Page 21

FORBURY PARK TROTTING CLUB

NEXT WEEK'S MEETING The public are advised that on Thursday and Saturday of next week the Forbury Park Trotting Club will hold its Spring Meeting, and good fields are assured for every race on the pro- , gramme. The star attraction on the first day is the W.* F. James Cup b£ two miles, for which many well-per-formed horses at the Cup Meeting in Christchurch will be competing; For this race Mr W. F. James (the club’s! totalisator proprietor) has generously donated a solid silver cup valued at‘ £SO, to be presented to the successful owner. This alone should make the race a keenly-contested one. The club is operating its own popular system of betting by which two dividends will be paid on the win machine*: on the basis of 75 per cent, to the first horse and 25 per cent, to the second, and three dividends in equal proportions on the place machine. Outside patrons will notice a big change in that enclosure, as the club,to relieve the congestion, has removed the old totalisator house, and erected a fine new. building in brick on a new; site which will now give patrons ample room. The outside booth has also been removed to * a more convenient site, and thoroughly renovated throughout.. An additional stairway has also been; erected at the grand stand, which will not only relieve the congestion hut provide additional accommodation foe patrons. The club has again adopted the wiso policy of inviting the ladies to attend the meeting, and complimentary tickets may be obtained from the_ secretary or any member of the committee.