To the Editor of the Norra-Cmxa Danny News."
Sin,—May I venture to make a few suggestions re the handicaps at our Race Meetings. It has occurred to me that instead of having nearly all our handicaps on the flat at the customary one and a quarter miles, open to all China ponies, would it not suit the ponies, riders and owners better were these races confined to certain ponies only?
I think the time has come when these handicap races should be classified, limiting them to ponies not having won over a certain sum of money in stakes or number of races won within the last six or 12 months as the case may be. This would undoubtedly bring together a more even lot than are now entered for handicap races.
Then again by varying the distances of these races from three-quarter miles to one and three-quarter miles it would keep the public tip-toeing, besides affording our genial handicapper still further scope for his talented efforts.
trust that the above suggestions will be considered by_ our
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