THE TURF.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 150, 19 March 1908, Page 9

THE TURF.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

• (Br Glencoe.)

Tho Warrengato Jockey Club's . meeting; .' takes place to-day; ,■•.■■■ ■■ • ' ■ •v.,' Bookmakers desirous .of doing business t at the Wollington: Pony : and .Galloway Racing 0 Club's meeting on, Saturday.must make'apphcation for-'licenses before 5 o'clock to-morrow h afternoon, - as ho license, will be ißSUed'. after 1 that hoar. Tho'fco is £6 insido and :£3 out- / side, and a deposit of £25 must be lodged 'with the as,a guarantee of good faith. ~' 'tp''■ f i;\i j, : -:)• i f.'-lA ■ Owners and trainers are reminded that acceptances-for'iho ; first; day's:: events' at .tho MastertoaUßacing Club's,, meeting close at 9.30 o'olook this'evening with tho secretary, Mr. A.■Hathaway. :i ,

> 'The - first'. event :■ at", the pony,; meeting on, V Saturday.' is -timed -to start -at,-2 o'clock.'. As i at 'thevihitial^meeting 1 ,-' a..ferry,,steamer:will conveylpassengers-to Miramar in,tiwo,for tho first ■ raco, and trams will run; to . tno courso . ■ every-few minutes.-""; . •■■■ Monday noxt should-be'noted :by owners as entry day for tho Wairarapa Racing Club and tho "Wellington "Racing . Club Autumn Meetings .'■■■ Chatterer anil Chicane seem* to have' their full shaTe of bad luck, and tho lattci lias run a great-many-seconds .during tho last • seasons.' was'. geheratly; considered • to hdvo a good chance-tfit-Danneurko oil . the shb; got away badly. Tho V clerk', of-.the .course- held: lier a^t^the.barrier, ( and when:.,tho ■ field/moved off.she. stood ',pn; y . her : hind/legs'. and,-lp3t. several;,len£ths?- .; Yes-: ' tcrclaVj. sho vtas left at the post m. tlio .Close Memorial Handicap, V-j■- .: -: ; .Judging: .byJ 'the-'tplegraphed'.*jtimo«in tho, ■ :' Hurdle 1 Itaco 'at 'Napier; Park -yesterday, there '. , was;ho : l6itering-:'6n;--tho;,way;'- . Tiio: .bfi'e'sthuty'mare'' Loiret'''ha's * bperi'; very V consistent, isiiice ,j tlio Foxtbii f nieeting, andhas: socured ; prizeTmbriiy' at every- meeting: wherev.'shb'-'ihas'":.-appeared: V. 'Last'■iseaspn -she seven .' but..'the ' only . meeting in was Wa'verley, where' she-was'tyiM"'s£«qii'd|to Maharaiiui.- ' ; h ' Oaiiraliert/Cwha' is ..'doing; 4 / .stndh' duiy"in ■- Southland,- is- a full-brother to Gienadiei, runner-up.;' in- , tho .i Newmarket Other'-members of ;tho family, .are Gsneial Boult andyAimco.Soult. -. , v - Aideen > (Birkenhead—Mount Ida),-' one 'of.i the Karamu youngsters.-sent: to Australia last year/ proved unruly .at tho.start of a recent raco,*iand,-after ikicking about m all directions, starting nm^ ■ chine,.;-and ,thei.iield ihad to, bei despatched:i -' with thp/flag...-;,- . '• Thd present downpour-of ram will: be ,very tvelcomo-at'Opaki; where■ very;little ram; had fallen:if. 4 'The:-track- should .now be; in .good \ order .for,next'week's'racing;. v», ; ;| . . " Sir'Modred"-.in. tho-.'.'Southland. News" ;iveS expression t6 tho following :—V A ro- -, ient-visit to several:of:.the principal- centres i-. of the .Dominion:-has ;convinced-f-the --writer . ■ that Startin^-prieo.: betting is: again.. coinitig ■ Extonsivoly • 4 intb v.vbgue,'-'and the::.reasori, for ' apart/r from) thpv - ' natural '-;.desire ! -'';pf -• stay-at-home - punters toi 'suppoi 4 t:'their fancies;This;ille^ar:system'bf• ;, 4 investment- : :is'.undoubtedlybeing ,j brought % -/again into prominence by reason of the high ' /licenie - feeV'ich'ai'gedvforvthe 'right to:wager - on most,raceco'nrscs, .-.without./consideration i 'as to .tho.-,class of, busirieir');r.ansacted,,by/the/ . lessfer/lights'^of :: the : 'bbokmaking' profession., ; Fees ,bf'j£M 'per; day)-for' instance;: are; be-'; . yond .the 'reach';' of '.many men' who ply - their callmg 4 ;'yithp,'the' ; outsido > :, public/.?an3/! thus- . they;are/pradti&lly.- ; :preyented'" : froin; betting; . with/the 'many. of.-'them' : have>;de-i . cided'to eschew thoi'c'ourse'i and;!: : aro./ali'eady working; .tin ; ih - th'o cities.'• • 'The ■ ■ ; granting of. a'legal /status!,to:.tha'.' bobkmaker- ; 'scieß''-ji!S6;;TO{niMde^M-;- vieTV8 v 'of: 4 inost ; ?o£ : .' ■ those'7responsible rfoi /itlie' •. turf,.:'bu,t it':'is'':tKo s law:?6f?th'o' Qimd'/-;and : - as ■ such shoitld- bo -re"spected,' an(l thus flower'.: Boale'.iof 'licerisp" fees ! is 'pifpvenfc'i './ an undue' tax bn:-.backers;-:ancl."-a' danger; of, consisterit'''.betfcing away" from.'the'/tracksp tb, . say. nothingj.pf.ithp,' rights, of, the bookmaker who cannot/afford to' spend' a f ortuno in promring.registratiou." , ' ...