Children's Race Meeting At New Brighton

Radio Record, Volume XII, Issue 34, 3 February 1939, Page 38

Children's Race Meeting At New Brighton

HILDREN’S "free day" at New Brighton went off well through 3ZB’s microphone the other afternoon when the young ores of the seaside borough took part in a huge beach carnivai, its main at traction a pony race with prominent Christchurch citizens as the riders. Whole idea of this part of the entertainment was taken from the "Pedigree Stakes" which 3ZB has featured. For instance Stewart Duff, station director, rode "Results" by "Radio Advertising" out of "New Brighton," trained by "Uncle Scrim." Director Duff ran into fourth place. Horse ridden by mayor of Christ church (Mr. R. M. Macfarlane) dropped its rider on the straight, which was just too bad for mayora! dignity but taken in excellent part. Appropriately enough, to. those studying. Christchurch local body politics, the mayor’s horse was called "Amalgamated." The course was 220 yards and a novel handicap system was worked to give the mounts a spell. At halfway riders had to write in a legible hand the slogan; "Buy New Zea-land-made goods"’-some of them once, some half-a-dozen times, and

get on with the sood work again. It had been arranged for the usual children’s session to be conducted later in the afternoon from a platform on the_ beach, but a change in the weather caused an adjournment to the Surf Club’s rooms,