AUCKLAND WINTER MEETING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 146, 23 June 1931, Page 4

AUCKLAND WINTER MEETING

A SATISFACTORY BALANCE. A very gratifying feature of the recent winter meeting at Ellerslie, says the New Zealand Herald, is the fact that the Auckland Racing Club came out on the right side of the ledger. From the viewpoint of owners the welfare of the club is an important matter, for the prize-money it offers is by far the largest in New Zealand today. Stakes at its meeting this month, although reduced compared with a year ago, totalled £11,300 for 22 races an average of £513. The Wellington Racing Club is offering £7355 in stakes for 24 races at its winter meeting next month, an average of £306. Still lower is the prize-money for the Canterbury Jockey Club’s Grand National meeting in August, amounting to £7OOO for 24 races, an average of £291. An illustration of the drawing-power of the good prize-money is afforded bv the fact that competitors at the recent meeting came from all parts of New Zealand, from Houhora, in North Auckland, to Invercargill. Nearly every province shared in the distribution <-f spoils. The club has now come to the end of its season as far as race meetings are concerned, and, considering the prevailing economic conditions, it is able to record a satisfactory year. Wet weather adversely affected the spring meeting. but the summer and autumn meetings were better, while the winter meeting has provided a pleasant surprise with its favourable balance.