TRAINER’S LIFE

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 32, 1 November 1932, Page 13

TRAINER’S LIFE

Veteran Would Not Change YET IT HAS WORRIES Frank McGrath, of Randwick, trainer of Prince Foote, winner of the A.J.C. Derby, the Victoria Derby, aud Melbourne Cup, Aniounis, winner of the Caulfield Cup and £48,297/10/-, Denis Boy, winner of the Caulfield Cup and A.J.C. Metropolitan, Peter Pan, winner of the A.J.C. Derby, and other notable racehorses, has spent fifty years in racing since he was signed up as an apprentice to John Allsop, of Randwick. In an interview which he gave the Melbourne “Australasian” recently, McGrath said that while chaperoning great racehorses was a never-ending source, of delight to him, it was also a never-ending source of worry. “In that respect,” he added, “I suppose it is no different from any other ■ business. It is a game in which one can always go on learning. Different horses require different handling. There are no rules which one can apply arbitrarily to all horses and leave it at that. “Exacting, worrying, and upsetting as horse training frequently is, it, all the same, has its compensations when one follows to completion a programme outlined, perhaps months before. “One must first study a horse and regard it as an individual who will not necessarily be suited by, or respond to, handling which might suit another horse. So that it is not possible merely to proceed with a horse in a certain way just because one did it with another horse a year before. That does not mean that horses require coddling, but mereiy that they have individuality and intelligence to no mean degree. It is just common sense to try to capitalise that intelligence. applying individual treatment to particular horses. “Even if I could, I would not change my chosen career for anything. It provides a field for study, excitement, and hard work in abundance. No calling could do more. I have the privilege now of working for owners whose sole desire is to win for the honour of winning.”

WIN AND PLACE

New Regulations Coming

(By “The Watcher.”)

The executive committee of the New Zealand Racing Conference is drafting regulations to permit clubs to" use the win and place method of totalisator betting. It is anticipated that the regulations will be approved in time to allow of clubs running their .meetings under this system toward the end of the year. As in the case of the three dividends and two dividends in five-horse races, the system of win and place will be optional.

HORSES SCRATCHED

Auckland Meeting By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Oct. 31. Kin" Mentor and Master Brierley l have been scratched for all engagements at the Auckland spring meeting. Black Songster has. been rehandicapped to 7.3 for the Flying Handicap. FIXTURES. Nov. 5, 7—Auckland R.C. Nov. 5,7, 9, 12— Canterbury J.C. Nov. 10. 12— Wbangarei R.C. Nov. 12—Hawke’s Hay J.C. Nov. 18. 19—Winton J.C. Nov. 19—Carterton R.C. Nov. 19, 21—Waikato R.C. Nov. 2G— fxivin R.C. Nov. 26, 28— Takapuna J.C. Nov 30, Dec. I—Fclldlng J.C.