CLIPPING THE STAKES

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 311, 23 March 1928, Page 7

CLIPPING THE STAKES

FORBURY PARK CARD SLIGHT REDUCTIONS PRODUCE STAKES MAY GO At the recent meeting of the Forbury Park Trotting Club Committee, Mr. Greenslade submitted a report from the programme committee. It I- -I- rr rl~ -l- rj- rvr v: rlf rr. rr. rr. X i

had been instructed to cut down the stake money by £330 and- he thought the committee had carried out its work satisfactorily. The Prince of Wales Handicap for the first day of the winter meeting would carry a stake of £6OO, and the Victory Handicap on the second day would carry a similar stake. Altering Classes The class for the Beach Handicap had been altered from 2.18« to 2.17, the Pacific Handicap from 2.18 to 2.17, and

the Peninsula Handicap for trotters from 4.41 to 4.42. Mr. Greenslade gave details of the other small reductions in the stakes in various events. In answer to a question why the class for the Peninsula Handicap had been loosened by one .second, Mr. Greenslade said that it had been tightened up last meeting and it was now being loosened again. Trotter op Pacer The chairman moved that the question of continuing the New Zealand Sires Produce Stakes be referred to

the programme committee, the committee to come to a decision after the next meeting. The committee was also instructed to go into the question of placing a three-year-old pacers’ race on future programmes, this question to be also considered after the next meeting. The motion was carried.