TURF TALK FROM THE SOUTH.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 206, 28 August 1920, Page 13

TURF TALK FROM THE SOUTH.

CANTERBURY. (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") CEIRISTCHURCH. Friday. In allotting Sasanof 10.3 and Amythas 0.13 in the New Zealand Cup it was the general opinion that Mr. Henrys bad set •those horses, good aa they are. a very severe task. Tlie owners' ideas were very .promptly expressed, for .Sasanof was withdrawn at 11.: to this morning, aud Amythas ■at a o'clock this afternoon. Just at present rncing matters are quiet in the Routh. but with the opening of the I I flat racing season at Amberley on Se-ptem-I her 18 the spring campaign will start in earnest. In quick succession will follow meetings at Ashburton, Gcraldinc. Kurow, and Dunedin. The Canterbury Jockey Club has decided to give £2320 addition in stakes this season. making its total for the four meetings £41.51)0. This would have been considered I a remarkably fine total a few seasons ago, but it is of course put in the gliade by Auckland's figures of over _(lfl.ooo. I The Dunedin Jockey rlub will give I £20,800 this season, an increase of £1825 over last season's figures. | The imported horse Arrowsmlth is osaln I In active work at Riccarton, and is galloping very attractively. W—rlove. the full-sister to Warstop. has! been shaping well in her track work. She ; Is of more than average class, but has been . very unlucky so far, alt-hough she won the New Zealand Oaks at Riccarton last November. King Star has been turned out for a speU. but may be tayen in hand again shortly. The total of eiehfeen nomlnati")'." for the New Zealand Trotting Cup is three morp than last year. Of this number Rpta Peter Is the only straight-out trotter, and If p.ist j experiences can lie taken as a guide she ! can have no chance with the pacers. . '

OTAHUHU TROTTING CLUB. BIG INCREASE IN STAKES. In moving the adoption of the report and balance sheet or 'the Ota_u_u Trotting 1 Club 011 Friday afternoon, the chairman, Mr. ; 11. R. McKenzle. congratulated the members on the most successful season the club has .had. uniting ,-i .profit of •f.'t.uOj ISA for the I year. ,I>ast season the club gave in utakes i'(i,4oo, and this <-omlng year he was going ,to su.agcHt .to the 1-0111111 It tee increasing the 1 stake money to i'.S.iino. an average of £2,(HKI per day, with the Otahuhu Cup -of the value lof £700. When he pointed out that the money would be over t.701) per year more Ilium they are •compelled to give In- law, • Ihe.y would see that '.lie cnmuiittee had I every confidence in the future of. trotting jln Auckland, dn 11108, when be flrst had the honour of being elected chairman of |t.lns club, a position whicji lie hud held conitinnoiisly since, ihe stakes amounted lo C'.dn ]ier day. In 1010 it w-js announced, with pride, Ihal t.lie club was giving &M 10/ per day in slakes. Last year ihe stakes amounted to ll.l'uo per day. and next season would be £2000 per da v. One interesting item, lo show the" stamina of the trotting ihorsc was to mention that Kiri-l-rlriroa, atl-11 racing, won a race in ltios. and was at that •time ridden by one of the present committee, IMr. 11. Lloyd. The committee had instructed Messrs. Gannon anil (World- 10 draw plans of a suggested s'nbdivi- I slon of the club's property at Otahuhu not I required for its own use. Tlie ground the del, intend t.. bold for Its own use would be over !X> acres. practl.-at.lv twice as big as the new .grounds of the Auckland Trotting Club. It was also -Ihe intention of the committee to give every assistance in promoting .healthy recreations and sport on their new ground, and it was hoped in ihe near future t., sec bowling, tennis, football and crick.-I played there. The mi-lug during the year was exeep- | iKinally good and clean, with an increasing ; ntmrber of locally owned horses coming '" tbe -front. The prospects for .the fuiure | arc bright, and Willi fhe stakes now given he was cnniil.leut that in ihe near future they n-rrp going to sec several new owners in Auckland, with tit].- nionev and enthusiasm to .buy the better class of horse. w!ii.-h denoted sn.-coss for the sport of w-ottlng. The membership of the club had gvine np until i( was now near .rhe two hundred mark, nt which number, owing to the kick or accommodation, It Would have 10 slay for some time. Mr. A. L. Raven proponed a beartv vote of thanks be accorded the president ami ofilocrH of the clnb. Mr. MucKenzie, responding, expressed hopes that the time would not be Ion;- h.-forc trottin-.- in Auckland would attain the leading position ns 11 sport.