FIXTURES.

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 1, 1 July 1925, Page 12

FIXTURES.

July; 7, 9, 11—Wellington R.O. Winter. July IS—South Canterbury Hunt Club. July 28—Watoate District Hunt Club. July 23, 25— Gisborne R.C. Winter.

Acceptances for the first day's handicap? and also for the Winter Hurdle? are duo with "the secretary of the Wellington Racing Club at 9 <>'clock tolight. Entries for the Trial Plate are due'at the same time. At the annual meeting of the Poverty Bay Turf Gub, after referring to the proposed amalgamation of the, club with She Gisborne Racing Club, the president (Mr. J. W. Nolan) said he could not avoid feeling somewhat nervous as to the future of racing in New Zealand. Just at present there seemed to be- a possibility of racing, being politically controlled; in fact, to a certain extent this had'already;been done; ;-In his opinion once the control of racing passed out of the hands of the facing -Conference, so soon would,-racing in New Zealand deteriorate;.; at ,the ;:same ;time msmbers of the Motjerence should remembi?r that pressure'-li£^ country clubs-was liable 1 to bring .ab"o\itiipaliii'cal interference, and thus bring;about,the very:position that all honest racing 'men 1 were endeavouring to avoid." : ■ .- i ■■'■'-.''. A heavy frost overnight caused the going at Ashbnrton on; Saturday to become very,, tienherous, especially after the 'thaw ■and^the horses in the first race had broken-IKe surfaco. In consequence reveraLwell-Backed horses failed to race up .to .thjsfc.'Jbest^fijirni, and can be expected to.do'ietter hiter on. Mr. B. Actcri-Adams t.'slls me that he las nothing.of.VmucEicofisequence in now, tut "he itfjlooking forward '■with interest to the- detiut next season of two youngsters out of Lisp, writes " Old Identity " in the Kunedin "Star." One is the three-year-old gelding Tholo•mon, son of Solierino; the other is a two-year-old filly named Luthy. I understand that other names submitted for this pair were not acceptable to th» nomenclature .anthority of the Racing Conference».hence the choosing of names the .only merit of which is that they carry the lisp and thns indicate the dam, According to Southern reports, Charlatan jumped, badly in the first part of the, \Vinter Steeplechase at Ashburton on Saturday. • He then settled down, and improved at every fence as the race proceeded. Bonnie Winkie has not broken down in the sense of ending his' racing career, .writes " Old Identity." He ricked a joint at. this month's races, but the rest has done him good, for he is not a bit. lame how, and Mr^ Fisher is in hopies that'he will stand all right after the six months' spell than is arranged for. When Bonnie does rutire we shall remember him as the horse that made Gasbag break the two and a Quarter mile record,- and in doing so break himself (Bonnie Winkie). t Cornflower, who earned inch an unenviable reputation at the barrier at the last Dunedin Meeting, hat been turned cub: for a spell. , . : A long and somewhat turbulent meeting of the Waikato Hunt Club was held on Saturday evening to decide the venue of' the next totalisator meeting. One fatten was, strongly in favour of the 'fixture .being hela in Cambridge, and! another; supported Hamilton. After a good deal , of (at times) very frank discussion, it was decided by 53 votes to 34 thai the .meeting be held in Hamilton," subject: to certMtf. conditions; The meeting also decided to send Mr. G. L, Stead to Wellington to make representation* to the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Racing Conference in favour of the retention of the Labour Day date. Commenting on the decadence of geni ilemen riders, a -well-known old-timer gave it as his opinion that the advent of motor-cars wan -wholly responsible. >" The average country lad nowadays prefers a comfortable seat in a car to the saddle of a spirited horse," he added, '■' and it will not be long before the art , o! horsemaaship will be limited to lads forking-in racing stables." ; The cross-country horseman, W. Finding, who has hitherto been closely associated with racing in the South Island, has taken* up bin residence in Auckland. He was a visitor to the A.R.C's Winter Meeting, and hits decided to remain at EUarslfe. ' " Admetns is a, great horse," said George Yonng, after he had won the Royal Stakes on him in Brisbane on Saturday week. ' Continuing, he said: £' I could have had half a dozen rides at Warwick Farm and Randwick during the; : week-end, but I preferred to stay behind to ride Admetus. He was) just c. certainty. Up to nine furlongs,, I think, Admetns would hold his jiwn •at Randwick with the best of them. He is a horse of class. He would be a good thing In a mile 'and a quarter race at (Warwick Farm, or ■any Sydney suburban course. ■He would lose his, fields with .the speed he has on turns." , The accident in the Grand Friz to the popular "Steven" Donoghue will no doubt rob.him of the jockey premiership in England, It will' be remembered that last" year, for the first time for several ' years, he had to take second place to the much younger E. C. Elliott. The latter twas not doing so well this season, and iwhen the last mail left England Donoghue was in front., Mr. W. Higgins, of Wellington, who has secured the balance of the lease of iWaikanae, has gone to Sydney. It is possible that while in the Commonwealth he will obtain the nucleus of a email stud. A Waikato writer prior to the nominations being made public was proclaiming Tall Timber a Winter Cup possibility. Tall Timber was not entered for the;,mile race at Riccarton, and if he was* worth 1 recommending for that event he -should. be well worth keeping in mind, say, for the Pakuranga Hunt Heeting. ,; . '" Totalisators are now run in London, Edinburgh, and other cities in the Old Land, not on the course, but in shops and other places, the business in the main being conducted on double events." That some good prices are obtained by the .lucky pickers may be gathered from the-fact that in the combination Tapin (Lincolnshire Handicap) and Double Chance (Liverpool' G v *md National). the returns wero 1724 101. The famous racing sire, The W.elkin, :3 dead, states a Press Association' message from "Melbourne. The Welkin is by Flying Fox—Woodbury. A Press Association message from Sydney;last evening announced that Gloam< jng arrived aboard the Ulimaroa in good condition.