HIGH COST OF RACING.
DOMINION TRAINERS FAVOUR SYDNEY. United Prees Association—By Elf-nric felegmpu Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.’. Received l 0.30 a.m. to-day. SYDNEY, Aug. 16.
There is a good deal of curiosity in Sydney concerning the invasion of New Zealand .horses, fifty of which are already here for the spring carnival. Piionninent Now Zealand trainers, in the course of an interview, stated that the principal reason was the high cost of racing in the Dominion, whereas Sydney wasi more centralised, with courses all. adjacent 1.0 the. city. Riding fees were cheaper and.there was always a (prospect of selling u. horse at a nice profit. The position was not so rosy in. New Zealand, where it cost. £4 more to take horses from Elllerslie to Trout-ham and back than for the return trip to Sydney.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 16 August 1929, Page 9
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