DRASTIC REDUCTIONS

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 35, 11 February 1931, Page 11

DRASTIC REDUCTIONS

STAKES FQR A.J.C. MEETINGS

(Froiii "Vedette.") : ' .. . ':. SYDNEY, sth Ifebi'uary. The many setbacks received by the A.J.C. in common with other racing eluba have causod the big reduction of

£12,800 in stakes, for the., AJ\C, Autumn. Meeting. But for the- fact'- that entries 1' h'avc' closed for tke rStiOJeger Sires' Produce Stakes, aud Champagne Stakes, the amount-of- the reduction, would have been greater. The sum of £30,400 ,will b&- diftribujed^oxar -the four days. ' '' "■'" - ■'.' ■'*,*'-- Both the Sydney Cup and Dbncaster Handicap have been reduced by £1000. Whereas there were 20 races last year of £.1000- and upwards, this year there will be only eight of four-figure'dimen-sions. For jumping events the stakes have fallen as low as £400, which at the, current rate; of exchangeCißThot worth much more than ~£3OO in New Zealand. The joint owners of Phar Lap have a grievance against, the times,! for"'the weight-for-age events have come well under the axe, for they have been cut exactly in half, from ,£9500-to £.4750. Some of the minor handicaps/too, Have been reduced 50, per cent.;' ' ■ '•'■ -:-V The A.J.C. has also reduced-the -prize money for the Warwick Farm; Autumn Meeting in proportion, and other fiuburban clubs will follow suit.. The trotting clubs have already reduced stak« money. —" '••■■■ '-,"■'.."■■■'; -■■•".;■ .-v.i:.-.-'.' The prize money for.the, AtJ.Q^-Keßt-ing, compared with that- of-: last.^ear,,.i« as follows:— '■ . •.r.--.<- :."■",:,?. '.'^ "'!;:! ";."■';

1930. 1931. £ £ First Hurdle 750 400 Autumn Stakes 2,500 1,250 Sires' Produce Stikes . 5 000 5,000 Doncaster Handicap . 3,000 2,000 St Lcger 2,30(1 Vauclu.se Handicap . 1,000 50V La Perouse Handicap l.OjIO "000 Easter Stakes 1,000 500 First Steeplechaso .-t. 750 400 Sydney Cup 6,200 ',5,200 Wentivorth Handicap . 1,000 600 'local Handicap .... 1,000 500 Secopd Hurdle Race ... 750 400 All-Aged Stakes .... 3,000 ' ' 1,500 Coogee Handicap .... 1,000 60O Champagne Stakes ,. -(,000 3,000 Cumberland Stakes .. 2,000 1,000 City Handicap ...... 1,000 ■ ' "500 Rous'Handicap ...... 1,000' 500 Dangar Handicap .... 1,000 600 Second Steeplechase ., 710 , 400. Fernliill Handicap .. 1,000 600 AJC. Plate 2,000 1,250 Final Handicap ...... ' 1,000 609 £43,200 £30,400