SPORTING

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21858, 11 August 1936, Page 15

SPORTING

IN FRANCE >. ' €RAND PRIX DE PARIS

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LONDON, July 1. | a length and a half, H.H. the j t if Khati’s colt. Sind, failed to land Ids owner the Derby-Grand Prix !Tible This important event of 1,000,000 Scs at Longchamps, was won by Ernest Maswel’s Mieuxce. In a fid of 20 the Newmarket-trained Sind » <pcond to the favourite, with Althird and Vatellor fourth. Sind, it thought, stands a chance for the «t 3 Lord Carnarvon’s His Grace fv om England, and seemed at ne likely to have a prospect of o for he was leading at the top hill, but the downhill finish did “park Life” states, is fete for the Grand Prix Migration, but it is doubtful if the race has ever been run m such of excitement or before .larser crowd. Owing to the slrike, was no betting on the course at ST previous day’s meeting, and until Sirace morning it was doubtful the machine ould be in !Son for the Grand Prix. The were overcome so far as SlTfrack was concerned, but the «®es Of the Pari Mutuel Urbain were Sof-open for the transaction of busia consequence, everyone in toTvicinity of Paris who wanted to haye a bet on the big race had to at{ajd the course. There’ was a remarkable scene when therCrand Prix runners arrived for the preliminary can'.er. Suffragettes Ajoted the track in front of the iSnds before President M. Lebrun and flgvffjge crowd representing all fashItJklp Paris. The disturbance lasted fflihra few minutes, and the ladies lefFafter handing a letter to Mr Le- *’ Comfor'.able Win Ihe race was run at a slow pace, takIng'jjjaaj 17 32-100 sec for the mile and furlongs. Grand Manitou led at the start, followed by Mannlidher. jtiMeld, His : Grace, and Alcali. At the’-flrst'bend Grand Manitou was still in front, with Mannlicher, Foxfield, and Sind in close attendance. && positions remained practically unchanged across the field, up the hill. Jjiinit the far bend. Down the slope le‘Vizir and His Grace lost ground. As- the horses entered the straight AkSli, on the rails, had a slight advantage over Sind and Mieuxce. - In fronUof the pavilion stands Rabbe nrgfd Mieuxce for a final effort, and fijehtose went forward to beat Sind without’ difficulty. Mieuxce is by the Awot Gold Cup winner, Massine, out of L’Olivet. One of the surprises of the event waf’the good running of Aicali, who finighftd third. The owner of this horse, Mr Ralph Cartwright, an Englishman, who had lived in Paris for je# years, arid who won the National Hunt’ Steeplechase with Wychwood eofce years before the -war, died 10 dajrs before the race. Alcali ran in the tame and colours of his young English' trainer; Donald Watson.; No Protest One account states that Sind appeared to be crossed by Mieuxce about a fifrlbng' frorii home. The Aga Khan was desperately Keen to land a DerbyGrand Prix double. “In England I would have felt justified in objecting, but in a foreign country, no,” he said afterwards. The itawards interviewed Smirke, rider of Sad, after the race. They decided not la interfere with the result AUCKLAND RACING ’i CLUB

HEAVY TAXATION

(THE PRESS Special Service.]

AUCKLAND/ August 10,

“The statement of accounts for the last racing year calls for little comment. It clearly indicates the strong financial position of the club and the very successful year which has been experienced,” said Mr O. Nicholson, president of the Auckland Racing Club, at the annual meeting. Mr Nicholson said it would be of interest t&note that the club had distributed £36,475 as prize money, which meant « provision of £12,750 in excess-of the anjount required to be given under the Buies of Racing. The Dominion’s Conwjjidated Fund had benefited through taxation on the returns of four race meetings of the club to the extent of £43,055, being £6580 over the amount distributed by the club as stakes. The land tax had amounted to £246, and he' regretted to say that this amount would be considerably increased in the coming year owing to the reimposition of the graduated land tax. This would he a heavy burden by reason of the high unimproved value of the club’s racecourse property. Local rates and toes (including water supply charges) had .amounted to £1951. Advantage had been taken this year of writing down somewhat heavily several of the dub’s assets. The total so written off amounted to £11,098, and the balance of Unappropriated profit, amounting to *1292, had been placed to the credit 'W the capital, account.