TROTTING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19838, 7 January 1928, Page 13

TROTTING.

SEASON'S FIXTURES. ' '. Vl . !- January 27, 28—Forbury Park Trotting Club, January 28—Hawke's Bay Trotting Ciub. February 11— N.Z. Metropolitan Trotting Club. February 18, 22—Otahuhc Trotting Club. ; March 3—Waikato Trotting Club. March 7—Manawatu Trotting Club. March 24—Thames Trotting Club. June 23, 27—Auckland Trotting Club. NOTES BY PICADOR. * The next meeting to be hald at Alexandra Park i» that of the Otahahu Trotting Club, which ie fixed for Saturday and Wednesday, February IS and 22, and. with £7150 offered in prize money, the programme it sure of commanding wide attention. Tlio -« Otahahu Cup carries a stake of £IOOO in addition to a gold cup to the value of 100 guineas, aud the Dominion Handicap also ' carries a stake of £IOOO. The Thames Shotting Club has fixed its annual meeting to be held on March 24. The prise money allotted to the eight events forming the programme amounts to £1800; and with the Thames Trotting Cap worth £4JO and the other stakes nicely balanced, . there is every reason to anticipate that tiie | forthcoming trotting meeting at Parawai will eclipse its predecessor The New Zealand Trotting Association is inviting applications for the positions of stipendiary stewards. The exact amount ct ' the salaries haa not yet been determined, but it is stated that the same will be about • £7OO per annum, which will include fares , and expenses in attending race meetings.