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[TVe do not hold ourselves responsible for opinions expressed by our correspondents.'] TROTTING MATCHES. TO THE EDITOR. Sib, —We have had a good many race meetings in Poverty Bay, but scarcely ever a trotting race. Now, Sir, as we have two good thoroughbred trotting sires in our district, and I as well as a good many others have gone in for breeding trotters, I cannot understand why racing clubs as a rule have such an objection to trotting, or W'hy so little interest is taken in it generally. If a horse has to go a long, fast journey on any fair road, he can cover more ground at a trot than at any other pace. Racing as a rule is supposed to encourage the breed of good blood horses, but I am sorry to say that it often produces a painful number of weeds. If we go in for breeding trotters, and they are not a success as trotters, the chances are they will be very useful horses for many other purposes. —I am, &c., Breeder.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1071, 9 May 1882, Page 2
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177CORRESPONDENCE. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1071, 9 May 1882, Page 2
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