SWEEPSTAKE PRIZES.
SMALLER THAN EXPECTED
Ncav Zealand drawers of horses in the recent Irish Hospitals SAveepstake on the Cambridgeshire Stakes Avill receive considerably less than the £IOOO generally expected. The directors of the sweepstake announced in September that 62 horses Avould be drawn. For each unit of £IOO,OOO there would bo 162 prizes, us follows First horse, £30,000, second £15,000, third £IO.OOO, 59 other horses £593 4s 4d each, and 100 cash prizes of £IOO each. As none of the horses draAvn by Noav Zealanders finished in a place the draAvers will each receive £593 4s 4d, plus exchange. It Avas anticipated that the prize fund would be approximately £2,000,000, which amount Avould represent 3240 prizes.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 4260, 4 November 1933, Page 4
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116SWEEPSTAKE PRIZES. Manawatu Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 4260, 4 November 1933, Page 4
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