john legend 735 Report post Posted January 28, 2018 A light topic for a monday morning. We tend to hoard things in racing. I am wondering if there are older programmes than I have. In the early days programmes were not booklets but single sheets which were to be displayed where horsemen would see them eg. local pubs, stores, churches ( not the last one lol) even noms were taken as per 1 programme states entries "to the secretary at the rising sun hotel Greytown between 6pm and 8pm (hope he stayed sober !)some distances were rather vague eg once round !. This is from a Wairarapa galloping meeting 1879.A trotting programme of 1895 states 1 race was obviously for the clubs coffers as it states THE Winner to be sold in the birdcage after the race and all proceeds to the club !! perhaps a lot of unlucky runs inthat race .Other races were for "native "riders. and others for "gentlemen riders " things have changed a bit !! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...