AN UPWARD TREND

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 87, 9 October 1937, Page 22

AN UPWARD TREND

CLUBS INCREASE STAKES (Special from "Early Bird.") AUCKLAND, This Day. The general trend in stakes in the Auckland Province is deflnitely_on the increase. For instance, at the late spring meetings, at Te Rapa and Ellerslie (Takapuna) in the third and fourth weeks in November, the four handicap events to be run within the w<*ek are worth in all £2025, an average of £506. The Waikato Cup is worih £650 and the Alison Cup at Takapuna £500. The minlmiim stake at Te Rapa is £200 and practically toe same at Takapuna, with the exception of the maiden events. . . A move in the direction of keeping up the distance of handicap races has been adopted by the Takapuna Jockey Club for its fixture next month, and this is . particularly' pleasing in view of the fact that local horses claiming an engagement in the Auckland Cup and other valuable handicap races at Ellerslie at Christmas and the New Year will now have their last chances of a race in public afforded by the mile and a quarter event each day, instead of a mile and a quarter and then a mile, as before. In an effort to encourage the owners of two-year-olds, the Takapuna programme also provides for a £250 stake for this class. PROSPECTS LOOK BRIGHT. Although Mazir is not regarded as a sprinter, reports from Te Aroha indicate that he has been revealing plenty of dash in his short work. This he showed on the first day at Paeroa, where he was up handy to his field at the distance in the open six furlongs, and on that performance he should not be long in getting into trim that will cause' him to be setiously considered when he is next