INCREASED REMUNERATION FOR JOCKEYS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1579, 29 July 1920, Page 9

INCREASED REMUNERATION FOR JOCKEYS.

SCALE OF FEES ADOPTED BY RACING CONFERENCE. One of the principal claims of jockeys, that of more remunerative riding fees, was dealt with at the New Zealand Racing Conference. It will be remembered that a deputation of jockeys recently waited upon the president (Sir George Clifford) in Wellington, when the matter of

increased fees was considered. As an outcome of the hearing granted the jockeys by the head of the Racing Conference, the following recommendation of Sir George Clifford, that in the absence of any special agreement to the contrary, the fees payable to jockeys in relation to the net amount payable to the owner be as under, was affirmed during the recent sitting of delegates from the various racing clubs, in Wellington: For Flat Races. —To a winning mount, in no case less than £2; if the net amount exceeds £4O, £5 per centum thereon. To a jockey of a second or third horse, if the net amount exceeds £lOO, £2s 10s. per centum thereon. To a jockey other than as above, in no case less than £l. If the net amount is £3O ; and does not exceed £lOO, £2 25.; if the net amount exceeds £lOO, but does not exceed £l5O, £3; if it exceeds £l5O, £4. For Hurdle Races and Steeplechases. —To a winning mount, in no case less than £4 if the net amount exceeds £4O, £lO per centum, thereon. To a jockey of a second or third horse, if the net amount exceeds £lOO, £lO per centum thereon. To a jockey other than as above, in no ease less than £2; if the net amount, is £3O, and does not exceed £lOO, £4; if the net amount exceeds £lOO but does not exceed £l5O, £5; if it exceeds £l5O, £6.

The president commented that the conference would no doubt appreciate the fact that jockeys were entitled to participate in the general increase in wages obtaining throughout the Dominion. Personally, he had found jockeys to be absolutely fair-minded and reasonable, and they realised that it would be unwise in their own interests to tax the owners ■too heavily.