ALL RECORDS BEATEN VINTAGE BACK IN WORK WORLD'S LARGEST STUD CANTERBURY PARK DATES MANAWATU NOMINATIONS POVERTY BAY HANDICAPS

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 12, 13 July 1935, Page 23

ALL RECORDS BEATEN

VINTAGE BACK IN WORK

WORLD'S LARGEST STUD

CANTERBURY PARK DATES

MANAWATU NOMINATIONS

POVERTY BAY HANDICAPS

INVESTMENTS AT ASCOT

The Ascot totalisator beat all records at last month's meeting with a turnover of £339.685,14s for the four days' racing. The total was made up as follows:—Tuesday, £68,852 12s; Wednesday, £104,891 6s; Thursday, £81,443 10s; and Friday, £84,408 6s. The totalisator daily double on llw final day also constituted a record, the takings being £5494 10s. The previous.

record 'in that respect -wac £4751, taken on Great Jubilee Day at Kempton Park in May. Every day at every meeting there is what is known as the tote double. It is a 10s bet. The first "leg" is the third race, the second "leg" is the fifth race. Each investor who brings off the first half makes his choice for thy second half as soon as the runners are put up. The paper is placed in a box to await the result. The tote double al Ascot on June 18 yielded to twelve winning tickets the nice sum of £242 15s to a 10s stake.

On June 19 it was easier to forecast the double, so that the 434 lucky people drew only £9 9s each. On June 20 283 people found the winners and collected £14 6s each. On the last day the two to oblige yielded £170 10s to each of the 29 people who chose them

Vintage continues to get through a lot of strong work at Riccarton, says a southern report. He is in healthy condition and ready to start at any time on the serious part of his preparation for spring engagements. No definite plans have been made for him, though he has been freely nominated in Australia, in case another trip is decided on.

Lady Graceful, the two-year-old half-sister to Vintage, is going on well in her daily tasks. She is a wellgrown filly who has not been hurried, but she has shown sufficient pace in short sprints to make her look a good prospect. . .

The fame of Mr. Percy Miller's Kia Ora Stud at Scone, New South Wales, is widely known, but not many people •realise that it is larger than any in England or America or indeed, in any country in the world and' is nearly twice as large as any other Australian breeding establishment. Mr. Miller not only has seven stallions—Mediaeval Knight, Pantheon, Constant Son, Chatham, Christopher Robin, Baralong, and Caledon —at Kia Ora, but also he owns one hundred and eighty-three brood mares. Believing—with breeding experts of the old world—that the secret of success is to cull ruthlessly, mares have to prove their worth to remain at Kia Ora. If they are failures they are quickly bundled out, irrespective of their cost or their lineage. When they are old they are painlessly destroyed. The sand is running out of the glass for many well-known matrons at Kia Ora. Next season Loved One, dam of Amounis, is one who will have ended her usefulness. Mr. Miller believes implicitly in the future of the Magpie mares at the stud, and he has retained in the last few seasons 39 fillies by that famous sire to breed from. Magpie helped in no small measure to make Kia Or« famous, and it is likely that his daughters will help to keep the stud at the top of the thoroughbred tree.

For many years the Canterbury Park Trotting Club has held a two-day meeting early in June, utilising the King's Birthday holiday. As a result of continued bad weather, the club was anxious to get away from those dates, and applied for next season for one. day in June, the proposal being to use the other day for a meeting on March 21. This clashed with the Oamaru Jockey Club, which objected to the Canterbury Park Club getting the date. The report of the dates committee, which was adopted by the Trotting Conference this week, stated that the application had beeti held over. It is understood, however, that the Canterbury; Park Trotting Club has since dropped the, application for March and will hold a two-day meeting, as usual, in June next season.

(Special to the "Evening Post.") PALMERSTON N., This Day. The following are the nominations for the. Manawatu Racing Club's Winter Meeting on July 27:— , ■ • Ladles' Bracelet, £50; I*4 miles.—Tuhitarata, Pekeran,' Lady' Arlkltoa, Santoft, Export, Gainsay, Miss Pango,, Clarion Call, In the Air, Cometra, Ruenzorl, Petrarch, Salon, Benedictine, Golden Song, Airforce, Nglta. Rnnßltlkci Plate, £60; fi furlongs.—Chief I Jlnnijer, Karl Colossus, Genlul, Chalice, Sunder, Golden Song, Donegal, Frugal, Tidal Song, Ihupora, Muggins, Cleritas, Hilton Corse, Delysia, Blue Mauritius. Red Hunting. Kuenzori, Popette. Blue Tiger, Itoyal King, Chataigne, Jean Batten, Romp Along, Golden Song, Terry, Kitty Quimv Garter Red. Manawatu Hunt Jubilee Cup Handicap, £30; ahout 2% miles.—Waitaunaha, Golden Area, High Society, The Drone, Miss Pango, Cardhu, Hunting. Boy, Illawarra, Tiger Boy. Cometra, Tho Ranger, Swift Ray,. Prosy Boy, Dozie, Itoyston, Taura Lad, Petrarch, Salon, Ccydon, Redbrac. MMrou Hack- Handicap, £100: 6 furlongs.— Revival, Windward, State Bank,. Arouse, Treasuro Hunt, Right Bower. Roynl Feast, Bazaine, Celerrimus, Note Issue, Waste Land, Coleuso, Dampicr, Whetuma, Happy Hunting. Leprechaun, Blue Tiger, Lord Moutoa, Mid Acre, l^prry, Gay Boy, Solaria. , . Flasbourno Hurdle Handicap, £130; 1% miles.—Karangapai,. Carfex, Padishah, Gallivauter, High Grader, Kaola, Salt Spray, Headland, Tudor, Invictus, Swift and • Sure, Billy Boy,! Brlgadore, Benedictine,. Manawatu, Gold Cure. • ,

Mcßae Handicap, £130; 7 furlongs.—Glenvane, Pladie, . Cawbeon, Royal Bengal, Full Throttle, Hunting Lodge,- Slippery. Miss Hushabye, Lady Ronald, Gold Cure, Hurl. '

Broadway Hack Handicap,. £130: I*4 miles. —Couflscation, Dorado, Wahine Nui, Lncxpected, Tres' Sec, Evasion, Round Score, Bo\d Jim, Boudoir. To Itangltuma.u, Whetuma, Royal Guy, Brigadorc, Kitty Qulnn.

Handicaps for'the first day of the Poverty Bay Turf Club's Meeting, to bo held on July 2o and 27, havo been declared as follows :— PARK HURDLES HANDICAP, £60; V/i miles. Kinsel ...'...' 10 S Tyrone Boy ..9 0 Million ..... 10 5 Hunting Lass .. 0 0 . Tahoma .... 9 IS I'uituful Lover 0 0 Cromwell 9 5 Jolm Charles . 9 0 A'lctor Colima 9 5 Starflnder ... 9 0 Crown Isms ....... 9 0 Imperial s, ,9.0 . Q ■ • HACK FLAT HANDICAP", £30; G furlongs. . Mata Hari ../.■■'9 fi Kanapa ..... S 0 Alby 9 5 .Joy Stick .....8 0 Gasman S 9 Bonnie Song... . 7 10 Kilberis 8' fi The Bruslier .. 7 9 Blue Needle .. S 3 Flying Mimic . 7 7 Royal Mimic .-. 8 0 Golden Pennant 7 7 Ilellbrone.v ..SO HACK AND lIUXTERS' STEEPLECHASE, £00; 2 V!; miles. Kaluitioko .: 3(1 10 First Prince .. II 0 Capella Abbey 10 1 Fueclni H 0 Tahoma 9 12 New Ferry ... 9 0 Cromwell ...." .9 T2 Al'anHius ' 9 0 Uukdmnnu ' ..: 9' S , ttoldim Area ..9 0 PUBLICANS' PURSE HACK HANDICAI', £55; • ■ J ;n"?- , ■ ■ ■ Wsirvime ....!)■ 7 Gigantic .... 7 IS' Marching Song 8 10 ■ Trackm.au 7 7 Gold Stitch ..... SO WINTER OATS. HANDICAP, £70; V,i miles. Big pook .... ,9 : 0 .Alby 7 11 Good Hunting . 8.6 Marching Song 7 10 Sunny Sky ..-. 8 3 Malahat ■ 710 Royal Bengal . "8 0 Klnsel 7 7 Tai.Ao 7. 13 TRAMWAY HACK , FLAT HANDICAP £50 ; 7 furlongs. 'Warvano "9 8 Joy Stick ... 7 IS Collision 9 7 Blygain .... 7 12 Memnon .... S3 Bonnie Song i 7 10 Cold Stitch ..8 1 First Dance .. 7 10 Royal' Mimic .' 8 0- Fortono 710 Quaint 8 0 Bothwoll .... 7 9 Kanapa ..... 8 0 Trackman ... 7 7 Gigantic -7 13 ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. "Anxious."—N.L., £3 6s; G.A., £1 10s; K.W., £2 6s. / "R;E.T."—As you asked- for bet only on particular .horse, without stipulating bracket, you save your money. "Puzzled." —Margins published are usually the official verdicts. Photographs taken on an angle are deceptive, though: in the case you mention the distance was obviously over a, length. .