FIXTURES.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1924, Page 20

FIXTURES.

January 22 and 23-Poxton R.C. Annual. January 22 and 23—Gore R.C. Annual. January 22, 24, and 26—Wellington B.C. Summer. January 26 and 2»-Takapuna J.C. Summer. February 6 and 7—Egmont B.C. Summer. February »-Te Kuitl B.C. Annual. February 7 and 9-Dunedin J.C. Autumn. February 7 and 9—Gisborne B.C. Summer. February v and 16-Poverty Bay Turf Clnb Summer. ■, February 14 and 16—Taranaki J.C.-Jubilee. February 21—Tolaga Bay J.C. Annual. Febrnary 28 and March 1-Nelson J.C. Annual. March 1 and 3-Te Aroha J.C. Annual. March, 6 and B—Marlborongh K.C. Summer. April 19, 21,. 23, and 26-Australian J.C. Autumn.

The Woodville District Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting will be held on Friday and Saturday of next week, Ist and' ] 2nd February. Owners1 and trainers'arej reminded that acceptances for all events on the first day close with Mr. W. A. Lyon, secretary, at 8 p.m. on Monday. _Mr. W. E. Bjdwill, the well-known Wairarapa owner, was among the regulars missing at Trentham this week. He recently underwent a slight operation, but is^ nearly all right again. Among the visitors this week-were some who had not previously attended since the im-" provements had been carried out, and they were naturally pleased and surprised at the up-to-date accommodation. Messrs. Paul Hunter, G. W. M'Donald, a former steward of the ' club, and, Percy Wall were down from Hawkes Bay. Mr. L. A. Nolan, chairman of the Taranaki j Jockey; Club, was down, and Messrs. F. |W. Edwards and C. Haggett, from Nel-' 'son, were present on Thursday. |It would have taken something to have beaten Gold Light in the -Racing Club Handicap on Thursday, as she put up record time for, the race- Mr. W. T. Hazlett picked up something very special when he purchased the imported mare Simper at the sale of the late Mr. Rupert Moriseon's Blairlogie stud, a few seasons back for 1100 guineas. Mr. Hazlett's colours will soon be as well knowD at Trentham as •at Invercargill, where he is president of the Southland Racing Club. Last season Razzle Dazzle won three times, and Gold Light took the Summer Handicap oh the concluding day. At the present meeting Gold Light has run Becond and first in the important events on the first two days. Mr. W. Stone, -who formerly owned Roseday, was among the visitors at Trenthara. He was represented at Gore by another of the useful Solferino tribe in Master Sandstone, who acted as run-ner-up in the principal event on the opening day, and won on the Becond day. .-■ Imported horses are greatly handicapped until they reach a certain age, as compared with the'locally-bred gallopers. Mr. Jas Gle'esdn, who came down from Auckland to see Maria of Hereford race, informed me that she would not be three years old- until the end .of February. Glimpse, S. Reid, informed me, was not loaled until May, while Piquant was loaled in .April. Glimpse was an early foal, being produced in .January. ■ .G. Jones, who formerly trained for' Mr. W. G.. Stead and..latterly for Mr. G. L. Stead, wag among the visiting trainers at Trentham this week. Mr. L. C. Hazlett, owner of Longhrea, was at Gore on Tuesday and*woid'a rate with Galway. Mr. W. T. Hazlett also won a race at Gore with Frenchman.- ---■ Beauford's >: pilot, Albert, Wood, has been granted a Noll trainer's license by the Australian ,Jockey Club.- He. will start with eight ■. horses, owned by Mr. J. "Baron," including two imported ones. One of the English youngsters is a grey by Roi Herode, sire of The Tetrarch. . lAfter some previous, disappointments the imported horse Lapidary (Black Jester —Lauda) ran first and second at Foxton. - , .../.." ' Mr. E.J.. Watt recently disposed of Eldorado (All Black—-Auraria's Daughter) for 3000 guineas. His new1 owner'is Mr. T. M. Burke, of Melbourne, and he ■will be trained by M: Burke) at Flemington. Labour Morn, who paid ,a score when he won the Hurdles on the' second day I at Fokton, is one of the first batich sired i by Quarantine, ' and is trained by F. G. Carmont; Labour Morn is owned by Mr. J. Hurley, who usedto race his dam, Warmaid, a black mare, by Advance. Quarantine is at present in the Waitara district. He is owned by Mr. Angus Keith, who did well at the barrier at Foxton, according to returned visitors to the meeting. The Wanganui Trotting/Club got Anniversary Day, but does not appear to have benefited much by it. Although the weather was fine on both days the totalisator figures' dropped from £25,158 to £18,029. Probably the Wanganui people are not sufficiently well educated up to the American sport. Judging by the recent meeting it looks as if the district ,could do with a single day, j the same as Manawatuand Wellington, j The hard races at EUerslie were res-' ponsible for Razzle Dazzle being "withdrawn from her Trentham engagements. The local owner. Mr. W. H. Ballinger took three horses -to the Foxton Meeting, and won a race with each'of them on tile opening day. Merry' Day, who finished at the tail end of the field in the Wellington Rac- | ing Club Handicap on Thursday, won that race a year ago. . . I The rider of Loyal Maid in the Whiro- j ■ kino Hack Handicap on the concluding day at Foxton failed to weigh out or in with the breastplate, and the stake went to . the owner of Puketoi, who is now trained by F. G. Carmont at Foxton. Backers of Loyal Maid were lucky enough ,to get the dividend. Last year Helen Rufus won at both the Foxton and Wellington . meetings. A similar programme was drawn up for this week, but in playing with another horse in a paddock a couple of days before the meeting she got a leg over the.rail,and sustained injuries which prevented her starting at either place. Mr. A. P. Wilson, Who officiated as stipendiary steward at' Foxton, came down and assisted Mr. J. M'Mahon'at) Trentham on Thursday. H. Gray and J. Dombrosk; were each successful in three events on the concluding day at Foxton. Gray put up a somewhat similar performance the last time he visited Foxton, in 1914. He won the last three events on the card on Our King, Ratana, and Master Lupin. . The weather conditions prevailing on Cup Day at Trentham were just about as perfect as they could be. Under the circumstances it is' not surprising that the times put up in the different events were fast. The 2min 32sec put up in the Cup has been beaten on several occasions. Some local trainers made Loughrea break 2min 32sec. Mr. Mason was requested to act as check timekeeper, but, unfortunately, his watch stopped. The time put up in the Wellington Stakes has been beaten on three occasions, and on such a day it would not have been surprising had such a brilliant. galloper as ■ Motley equalled th© record put up by Gloarninß and E4tional. The time aedittd to Parody

Was agreed upon by private watchholders. It was only half a second behind the Australasian record time put up by The Hawk in the Waterloo Plate two years ago. The writer is a firm believer in the electric clock, and was hoping that it would be in use at the present meeting. The clock has been under order for some time in Melbourne, but some intricate part of the machinery has had to be sent to England. It is hoped the clock will be installed in plenty of time for the next summer meeting.

The totalisator turnover was up about £2500 on the opening day at Foxton, but on the second day it rained all day —a most unusual thing for a Foxton meeting—and affected the attendance. In consequence there was a drop in the turnover for the meeting. Taking' the first jday's returns as a guide, the club would no doubt have had a successful meeting financially only for the weather. Until late last year dividends were declared on the totalisator in Brisbane to the nearest threepence. Under the amended regulations the Government now receives all the fractions up to sixpence. This broken money accumulates a good deal of additional revenue for the State Treasury. The new. regulations have been in force only since the beginning of November last, and since then to the first of January eight days' racing took place at Ascot, and the fractions on a turnover of £101,825 came to £1825. On those figures it is estimated that the Government receives, in fractions alone, roughly £10,000 from the registered meetings in Brisbane alone for twelve months.