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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]

Racing — The Greymouth Trotting

Racing.

The Greymouth Trotting Club is managed by thirteen stewards, and a secretary, Mr. E. A. Wickes. The club owns fifteen acres of land, known as Victoria Park, and the race meetings are well patronised. In 1904, the club established the New Zealand Futurity Stakes (No. 1) of £1000. Under this scheme it is intended to hold trotting meetings in the years 1907 and 1908, to test the capacities of horses foaled in the year 1905. This is an American plan, which is as yet a novelty in New Zealand.