Jockeys, Vales Settle Dispute, Daily Racing Form, 1951-05-21

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Jockeys, Valets Settle Dispute WASHINGTON" PARK, Homewoed, HI., May 19. — Post time for the sixth race today was delayed for- about 19 minutes while wage differences between jockeys and valets were being1 settled. A temporary agreement was .reached -and the sport went on. It is "claimed that the valets wished to collect .00 a winning mount and 00 a losing mount from the riders due to the fact that the association is* not paying them 0.00 a day as formerly. Previous to last season when the 0.00 a day association wage was in vogue, the scale for valets from the riders was .00 for winning mounts and .00 for losing mounts.


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