INCREASED C.J.C. STAKES
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(By 1'elegraph— ]
CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 2. The Canterbury Jockey Club announces another very substantial increase in stakes for the autumn meeting in Easter week. The amounts of all-sixteen races on the programme have been advaneed. No race is worth less than £250, and the good average 1 of just nnder £400 a race is the best for many years at this meeting. The total offering is £6375, an increase of £1850. Both the Great Easter and Great Autumn Handicaps have been raised from £600 to £800. An interesting event on the first day's programme is the Autumn Ghampion Plate for haeks. This will take the place of the Autumn Plate, and the stake has been increased from £200 to £425, which will include silver plate, vaiue of £25. The distance has been reduced from a mile and a quarter to one mile.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 17, 4 February 1937, Page 8
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