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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1431, 4 May 1912, Page 6

»l nil, 'I'llrnve would hevo won the Scurry Hiieli Hiindieiip. It is wild that \\. Young was nut lit Id's lost on Iho Torpedo "elding. Later in Ihe afternoon the lioni was hlarleil in the open six furluni.'s, hi which lift ran u good race, finishing f:|<im lo (Jlndiolo ami Bootle. IViiipiirnlia, winner of the second Jiack iTurillci nl Hn>.liii|;v, is u half-sister to ')'(! J'liia, l.'v Torpedo. Klin is owned by .1. Aluiiii, who bled h"-r, and is the iiiaktin: oi ;i xmlly ijood marc. She was in ehj'injr! practically the whole way, and bad 111.-.' fi<:l>l in trouble won after tho Mail. Seaman, the second horse, was liiml ridden hix furlongs from home, hui, i/iiild iiiiifeo n« iiuprc.-.siori on tho winner.

Atter thu June meeting at Otaki, tho Auckland liorwiman, li. iJeelcy, will Icavo l<ir Kidney, and remain over there to lid" I miner It. ./. Mason'is horses at tho i!|ni(i;; i(i«-«:'ii/K. On Tuesday last Delegate was Kithdrawn Himi ;ill his eiigageiwnln at the Auckland l.'ueiiig Club's spring meeting. !>r. C, Him;. i'i Auckland, visited Awaiiiiiii'iliiriin' tli" wick, to operate on tho 'it. Ambrose (.'ill, Mallard.

I'ariliilu and Crown I'earl, who were );>!<■„ from New I'lvmuutli to compete ftt the Avondald Jockey Club's meeting, will I'iiiiiiin in Auckland until alter the winter mei:linK there, in Juno.

J. I'iiiker, who was injured while r/;horiliru: I'nkev/era at Elleralie some fc-w wee!-:, ago. left, the hospital on Monday. Although .''inker is able to get about, his arm i--. still i~: a filing, and it will probably bo tome time before ho will bo fit to ride again. t

'Che t/itji!i<-,af.or staff at Avondalo came In for a lot of abuse on Saturday from an '-./.cited individual, who loudly prof.lairwd to all and sundry that ho was Leiii? .swindled out of his dividend on Hain't.'! ('ays tho Auckland "Star"). An examination of his tickets by Mr. H. H. Jlayr, secretary of tho club, discloei'i t.h'j fact that "he. had one ticket on Salute, No. 1 in tho Waitakerci Handicap, ami two No. 1 tickets ('fact) in the Nursery Handicap. On this being pointed out to' him, h* stoutly maintained that tho tickets he had presented were given to him n't the oae window far tfireo on Salute. This was shown to bo an impo"ibililT, for they were stamped by different .sellers, but this did not convince him, and be left vowing vengeance--on lh" totalisator staff and the. Avondalo Club. On Monday morning lie turned up at the club's office in a very repentant mood with the three Salute ticket*, finding the other two in his pocket, and'tendered a written apologv. The incident caused a lot of unpleasantness on the course.'.and created an erroneous impression amongst those who were present." An Australian writer, referring to the fact that Malt King has been treated to a =p»ll, states that he has earned a holiday, considering that his wins this season include the Metropolitan, of .£3608; Gmlfield Sial;e«, of i:S00; EoschiU Bawson Stakes, of' X 300; and All-aged Stakes, of .£lsll. In addition the chestnut. has accounted for nearly .£IOOO place-money, so that in prizemoney alone he lias benefited his owner to the extent of we'll over .£7OOO this season. •

At the annual meeting of the Victorian Breeders', Owners', and Trainers' Association l\e!d recently, an animated discussion took place with regard' to bookmakers' run. ners and tick-tnckersT 'It was mentioned that both practices were suppressed in Sydney, and that at the recent A.J.C. meeting'2o bookmakers, all of whom were Victorians, were before the committee .for employing runners. Mr. E. A. Connelly was particularly severe in regard to runners in Melbourne. Ho said that even at pony meetings in Sydney a backer could support a pony to win JSOOO,-' and nobodjr but himself and the bookmakers'immediately concerned would beany the wiser. It was decided to approach the V.R.C. committee and conductors of suburban coursw with a .viow to the suppressing of tick'tackers'and bookmakers' runners. • • FIXTURES. .. .. May. 8 and 9—Egmont R.C. Winter. May 9 and 10—Ashburton County R.C. Autumn. May 23 and 24—Wanganui J.C. Winter. May 23 and 24-North Otago J.C. Winter. 3^o,C; o Wiij|w. ;,{(,- June 1 and 3—Duheriiri J.C; Winter. June 3 and 4—Otaki Maori J.C. Winter. June 19 and 20—Hnwke's Bay J.C. Winter.