RACING
SOUTH CANTERBURY RACES
(Per Press Association.)
TIM AID', this day
South Canterbury steeplechase: 4 Jovial. 1 : 3 Royal Wink, 2: 2 Mainspring, 3. Scratched : ,I'anui and Royal fashion. Won by two lengths, and half a length. lime, 5 24 4-ssee.
Levels Handicap: 2 Beau Geste 1, :> Despot 2, 1 Narrative 3. Scratched: Claymore. Won by ;i neck, and hall' a length. Tianc, i.IG !-•",. Washdyke Trot: 1 Bingen Patch 1, 6 Golden Vale 2. 3 Dan Logan 3. Scratched: .Matlock Bank, Hairy, Locanda, and Great Night. Won by 3 lengths, and 5 lengths. Time, 3.36.
RACING SLUMP ENGLISH CLUBS LOSING LONDON, July 11. Tlie Daily Mail says that «S a result of the slum]) in attendance at race meetings, many British racecourses are faced with a serious financial niiilook. Some arc actually running al a loss, and cannot continue unless drastic changes are made. Some or' (lie executives are considering the holding of night meetings, thus making the sport more accessible to the masses. This will give it a fairer chance In compete against greyhound racing, which is chiefly blamed for the slump, though it is also attributed to cheap motor cars and the butting tax.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16703, 21 July 1928, Page 15
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