EXTRA MARTON MEETING

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 126, 23 November 1935, Page 26

EXTRA MARTON MEETING

At a meeting of the executive committee of the New Zealand Racing Conference yesterday, the two days' racing dropped by the Poverty Bay Turf Club this year were allocated to the Waipa Racing Club and the Marton Jockey Club, which will now hold extra meetings. The new dates will be decided by the two clubs later on and submitted for approval.

The committee granted the Carterton Racing Club permission to hold a meeting on May 23 in place of the recently abandoned meeting. Permission was also given to the Egmont and Wanganui Clubs to interchange their summer dates.

A correspondent writes to a Melbourne paper:—"On looking for the likely winner of this year's Melbourne Cup, I remembered that it was the 75th contest for Die Cup, and it occurred to me to see what had won the 50th of the series. The winner was Comedy King, who carried 7.11. Going back to the 25th Cup, the winner was Sheet Anchor, who also cai-ried 7.11. No other winner of the Cup has carried this weight, and Marabou was the only starter in the 75th Cup that carried 7.11. It seems to me that we will only have to wait for the 100 th Cup to drive the bookmakers out of business."

started three horses in the Trial Stakes the .first day at Te Rapa, these being Torch, Karohia, and Cyllaros, who were supported.to the extent of £91, £50, arid £15 ,on the win. totalisator. They ran'accordingly, though with the least-backed horse the most advanced so fair as position at the finishing post was concerned. Torch on the second day displayed a lot of pace, and after b^ing one of the pacemakers to the home stretch he faded into tenth place, but he certainly showed some promise. The object of racing Galilee in the Waikato Cup was to try her out- with the idea of obtaining a line on her for her Great Northern Derby engagement at Ellerslie on New Year's Day. She ran a good race, characterised by her usual gameness in refusing to quit, but at the same time her showing was disappointing and indicated that her ( Derby prospects are nil unless she makes vast improvement in the next six weeks. She ran a similar race in the open mile on Monday, and her showing confirmed the impression gained, earlier that the three-year-olds of .the season are not top class, with the. possible exception of Kinnoull and perhaps'.Lowenberg. _ Ah expensive failure in the Waikato Cup was. Sir Abb, who had every chance, but he failed to justify his position of win favourite. It is quite likely that the soft track upset him, for he never seemed to be able to hit out with his customary freedom once the pressure was applied. At the bottom of the straight it looked as if he might come on, but the effort was shortlived, and he faded right out of the contest. It was a disappointing performance on the part of the David g?I(lmg' ,£ lthou Sh he may make amends at the Takapuna fixture at Ellerslie next Saturday. Two fair handicap performers of a couple of seasons back were among the horses that contested the highweight the first day at Te Rapa. They were Desert Star and Master Norval and the latter did much better than the other by finishing fast in fourth place, his showing being the best for a long time. Desert Star was making a reappearance after a long spell, and the fact that he carried only £18 on the win machine indicated that he was not given a real winning chance. Nevertheless, he ran rather better than the money said he would, so he should n<t be. l°ng ln getting into the money where the class is a bit below Ellerslie standard.

Impasto, who now races in new ownership, showed up in both his outings in the sprint races at Te Rapa. being fourth on the second day with 9.0. He has long been a disappointment, despite a win last autumn at Whangarei and one prior to that across the Tasman, so while the latest change pi stable might have worked a bi£ improvement in the High Art gelding a change of temperament may also be required before good deeds can be anticipated. As one who knows Impasto said, as long ago as eighteen months, the horse had been to school, meaning of course that he could be taught. n£ thing; he knew all the tricks.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS "Dispute."—Padishah had three starts in Sydney on his trip last year and he was unplaced in each. He was favourite in one of them.