ALL IN THE DAY'S WORK

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 132, 1 December 1936, Page 13

ALL IN THE DAY'S WORK

(Special from "Early Bird.") AUCKLAND, This Day. This might be termed the day's work of a jockey, with trimmings. Just how it will be viewed now by the rider concerned, H. N. Wiggins, remains- to be learned. . ~ Wiggins rode Ivy Willonyx in the Maiden at Ellerslie on Saturday and she was not willing to win at her first attempt with the colours up; and Round Up, true to his name, had to rest behind a bit before becoming keyed un. Tradesman was very waling however, for he came through the field on the inside to finish, a very close third in a hectic finish in the Alison Cup, running on in a fashion few people suspected him capable of; but it was getting muddy by this time and the little black gelding appreciated the conditions. , There was trouble before the end of the Cup, however, for after the five furlongs was passed Gay 1 alkie and also Crooning were seen to be knocked right back. Their riders were annoyed, to put it mildly, when they returned to the birdcage, and as a result Jockey Wiggins was called upstairs. The inquiry was adjourned and not concluded until prior to the last race, when Wiggins was given the benefit of the doubt. Then he was immediately placed on his defence for interference with Mainland in the sprint. In the interim Wiggins had been beaten on a "certainty," Privy Seal, who was sent back from first to sixth after covering two furlongs of the two-year-old race, a green horse causing trouble on the greasy track. He then rode Tybalt hard over the last three furlongs of the sprint to win, and the jockey certainly earned his fee. He was on Tosh 4n. the preceding event, and third place was the best his mount could achieve. All Irish gave him a ride into fourth place. It was by no means a perfect day, for although his riding fees were good, the sword of Damocles was still hanging when it was all over. After the Cheltenham Handicap, which Tybalt had won, Wiggins was charged with causing interference to Mainland, at just the same spot as that at whicli Crooning and Gay Talkie had got into bother in the Alison Cup. This inquiry was opened and adjourned until the second day. It was an unusual coincidencp that a -ockey should be "called upstairs" twice in the one afternoon for causing trouble at the identical spot on the course on the two occasions.