THE JOCKEY'S REQUESTS.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 166, 16 July 1920, Page 8

THE JOCKEY'S REQUESTS.

WELLINGTON, July 16, The requests made to Sir (rSorge Clifford by the' deputation of jockeys wero considered to'-d.iy by tho Racing Omferene*

Sir George Clifford stated that in .rfcnv of tho high cost of living the jockeys asked for iiici eased foes. They ja&ked for n- 50 pert cent, increase?, on pll losing fees and a flat rate of 5 per (ict\b. on all wins, oi' place, moneyvhere**he-- tlmyl prize was £100 or over, ■svith^ a pro jata, increase 'to steepieijfeifie and hurdile riders. He referred' the request .. to tho Stipendiary .CbmmitteOj which recommended 4Jie varioiis increase^.1"

■/ Sir George '-Clifford, in moving the^ adoption of 7 tho coriiniittee^s'^econir raen datioil^, said that', other, \ wage«aj*iierjs wei-e ehtitled to an, \advance to moat the cost of living.. ".'Jlii.'VaU their dealine;s r they* X\ti& actfed '.'fairly, and reasonably.' ;. ''■ :The racoon w«s cgr.ecjd to.. .