CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16362, 6 November 1918, Page 9

CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB.

SPRING MEETING. cmebbm^wandoak 8 ' The Canterbury Jockey Clul)'s Spring • «ill he continued to-day, and Meeting w 1 . to j us t as intert]lo rael ° s . t P was on Monday. Tie hantlßS rvents liavo drawn good fields, dlC j P + h« three classics should provide a Eight smart fillies fitrid ..p <»=• and F,,nk ' h % ® P n t fin d it such an easy race to Tin i the Kiccarton belter. In the i • fiirk thoro aro six horses Cant «S U ?nd J it looks us if Sasanof will ffffbard to beat the five, others find it bar showing KilCDtC n tiU nob te easy io shake off, as inoon *1" ilwavs have an advantage over Gloaming-is to Tin the Electric Plate which is ...pr four furlongs under w.f.a. conditions, and it will bB iateresbng to ho'/ tho winner of tho A.J.O. at.u \Vv Zealand Derbies will shape over fnur furlongs against our best sprinters and torrobi .ll.ant two-year-olds, for S£ will be the first occasion on which Mr Greenwood's brilliant gelding lias 1 raped over the distance. The committee has decided to start the first race to-day and ou Saturday at 12 noon, so as to enable Island visitors to see the whole of the racing, and then catch tho boat for the ><orth. The following is tho programme for to-day:— ASHJLEY HANDICAP, of 200 sots. One

THE "WORKING OF THE TOTALIS ATOR. The criticism which has heen levelled in the newspapers at tlie working of the totalizator at Riccarton 011 Monday is regarded by some who were present as without justification. * A ptomiuent steward stated to a .representative of "The Press" yesteiday that he was watching the totalisator carefully all day r and although in one or two events the races to the windows aupeared full, the amount shut out would bo very small considering the totals. He.is satisfied that it was more the fault of the public than the staff. "Tho same number of windows,'.' lie added, "were open for this Mooting as at tho National and practically the samo staff. At the National Meeting on tho last day the average was £B*o2 per race, while yc6terday. it was £6003. The real trouble ,is with tho public, who -will delay until the last minute. The Club will not allow tho .racing.to bo delayed on account of tho totalisator, and the staff are instructed to close tne machine as near time as possible. There is n full half-hour before each race when investments can ho made, and the public only have themsolvcs to blame if they are shut .out. One of tho most serious causes of delay is!by those people who make a practice of going to the 10s and £1 windows for investments that they can get at the £5 window. There are numbers o[ eases of 20 ten-shilling and £1 tickets in consecutive order from tho same window being paid to the samo man. By going to tho £5 window and getting cither two or'four tickets respectively, they would permit of at least 15 other i>oople being attended to, besides a considerable saving in time .to themselves."

'— in lie. ct lb «t lb Mazama ' - • 9 5 Kins o£ *5?,, „ „ Subterfuge • • 8 H ; j? Sabine ..6 9 Bomb -..76 loyal Star .. 8 > Wild -Sijht .. 7 3 Clavcrhoufio ..8 2 Indus 7 - bpvgbsa .. 8 1 Arum .. i 0 Hvlan* .. 8 1 liovematch .. 7 0 Palna Oil .» 7 13 First Salute ..7 0 SEW ZEALAND OAKS STAKES, of GOO eoTS. For three-year-old filliw. One mile and a- -h&tf* _ Lions kin .. 8 10 Moutoa IvanoTa .8 10 Bo-Peep .. 8 10 Punka .. 8 10 Afterglow .- 8 10 Karo .. 8 10 Bonnlle .. 8 10 Mcli .. 8 10 CRITE1U0N HANDICAP, of 700 sova. Six furlongs. Michaela ..8 9 Kilboyna .. 7 10 j^ ere ..8 8 Bo-Peep ..7 8 Nystad •• 8 8 Mill o' Gowrie 7 8 Inabi- 8 * Demagogue .. 7 2 Nanna •• 7 11 Mnrea .. 0 7 "Wrestler •• 7 11 Tremens* ..0 7 IB WELL HANDICAP, of 300 sots. Four furlongs. Affectation •• 8 6 Tortrix -11 Amythas ..8 1 Judaea ..7 7 Orange Bitt«r« 1 12 Rose Wreath ..7 2 Sana Sonci ... 7 12 Som 0 Kid .. 6 12 Crenides .. 7 11 Missgold .. 012 Bitholia ..7 9 Calauna .. l> 12 Strathglasa ..7 7 Sycorax .. 6 12 JOCKEY CLUB HANDICAP, of 1000 sovs. One mile. Parisian ' Mascot .. < 0 Diamond 9 2 Ascalaphus .. 7 8 EorVe's Drift 8 3 Winter. Cherry 7 7 Killjoy • • 8 3 Killard • • * 2 Margerine .. 8 0 Onslaught .. 7 1 Bonnie Maid .• 7 13 Glorify .. 7 0 Hose Pink .. 7 11 Braid .. G < Ba*d»d •• 7 10 Damien .. 6 7 Glendower .. 7 10 CANTERBURY CUP, of 750 sova; weight-for-age. Two miles and a quarter. Detroit ..9 3 Menelaus ..9 2 Snub - ..9 3 Sfwanof . .. 9 2 Battlo Song .. 3 2? Kilmoon ..7 6 ELECTlvIC PLATE, of 500 sova. For two-year-olds and -upwards. Weight-for-age. . Four-ferlonge. Hvmeatm ... 9 0 Torfrida. ... 7 11 Croosw- •• 8:12 Eoyal Stag .. <> 6 Thestiu* .. 8 12 Surveyor ..6 6 Mortham .. 811 BithoBa. •. 6 3 D«mo» ... 7 13 Margery ..6 1 Gloaming .. 7 13 Idleness ..6 1 EP80& HIGH "WEIGHT HANDICAP, of 400 sovs. Seven furlongs. I GoodDiy ... 910 fWjm*. ! jj ' Majestikoff ... 9 1 M»t l y 8 2 Varnish .. 8 13 Kuingham •• 8 0 Lfriden *8 12 Sir Fanciful .. 8 0 Oxenliop* .. 8 9 Achilledea .. 3 0 Ardmoro .,8 8 Tyno ' ..8 0