CHAMPION TROTTER
VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. December 2. The proposed visit of the world champion trotter, Greyhound, to New Zealand has now been cancelled, and it is not likely that he or any other American champion will be seen in New Zealand. The owner of Greyhound demanded a fee of 10,000 dollars for each of five races, but, though this was regarded as an exorbitant price to ask i for the trotter’s appearance and it was thought that at a much lower price the world champion pacer, Bill Direct, 1.55, could be imported. However, a cable message received in Christchurch stated that the fee for Bill Diract’s visit would be the same as was asked for Greyhound, and the committee appointed to make arrangements decided to go no further in the matter.
The appearance of either horse on a New Zealand racecourse would have been a big attraction, but at the price asked the venture was a risky.one for those who had guaranteed the cost. Neither horse is ever likely to win in the United States the amount of money their owners asked for the trip.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 December 1938, Page 9
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