RACING AND TROTTING

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 175, 14 October 1927, Page 6

RACING AND TROTTING

RECIPROCAL SPIRIT COUNTRY CLUB’S BENEFIT AVT'ITH the exception of th. " erty Bay Hunt Club. ro' ®*' organisation in the North ui s holding a totalisator permit for the trotting fraternity hv ST* inclusion of such heats on \S JO* cards. IX * p *ee It is evident that the North u, country racing clubs are quite Ju 4 cater for their patrons with a f,Sr 15 loping schedule, and there appear to be any records of such%^

bodies finding it necessary twaaM the aid and assistance of the jE sport in the direction indicated.^** In the South Island, however aven different state of affairs obtfins» im! large number of country racing dull build up their programmes by the in, elusion of light-harness events; osualh two per day, although in a few cases only one trotting race figures cnS card. After a lengthy test the Rsultl have proved highly satisfactory aid the two popular pastimes fr.iternlse a the South in a manner that is henZ ficial to each. FINE DRAW CARD The presence of a couple of flifcU harness events on the programme of several of the Southern country raduj organisations has acted as a parties! larly fine draw card, resulting gooe*, ally in large fields and keen and jm creased speculations. Many of Ihttt

clubs owe their present existence to thi helping hand of the trotting fraternity, and particularly in some of the mor« scattered and isolated districts, when galloping fields are usually small, the trotting items play a prominent pah and assist in no small measure to keef the sport flourishing in such localities Instances have been recorded when racing clubs, finding themselves on tha upgrade, cut adrift from the influence of* the sister sport and made an effort to prove self-supporting, but after I

meeting or two, with the light-haraq events deleted, these clubs have iota* it impossible tc battle along on tb«J own resources, and without heaiUtK# again solicit the assistance of the troj ting enthusiasts. The latter, several Southern districts, find tai mixed progr amme advantageous, tftaj dates mostly fit in between trottal meetings, and act as an incentive owners and mentors to keep yf charges in thorough training with I view to competing at the intervenral fixtures. A SPLENDID SPIRIT The trotting people are always reai| to show their appreciation of theacUM of such clubs by according them ever! support, and the racing clubs in re» turn are considerably benefited 19 every way. It is a very happy andwj isfactory state of affairs to find ta* two popular sporting codes worlnn| harmoniously for the betterment of eafifi other and in the interests of tal people they serve in their parhcuiai districts. If it were not for this fine friendly spirit which is displayed in m* l # localities the public would find ing—if it were able to exist at all—** a very mediocre standard.