AUSTRALIAN IMPRESSIONS

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 128, 2 June 1938, Page 13

AUSTRALIAN IMPRESSIONS

.The Auckland bwner, Mr. A. H. Long', who returned from a visit to Australia this week, said he was impressed With the punctuality with which: meetings were conducted in Australia. 'All were run to time, and there was comparatively little delay in .paying out tatalisator dividends.,. The shoutj;*- of the bookmakers, enlivened one to the fact that, one was really at the racei. The>desire to bet in Australia was. strong, both - on arid off the course. The New South Wales Government was taking a drastic stand against S.P. betting, with considerable benefit to racing clubs. While in Melbourne Mr. Long met tile" Zealand trainer J. Fryer, who" recently purchased F. Foulsham's property arid modem stables at Caulfleld: v Fryer is highly thought of in Melbourne, and has a team of eleven horses in training. Most of these are New Zealand-bred, and i include Elanage,, who has been resting since the auturiin, Le Grand, International, and a ivery promising filly by Posterity » from Gcnesta. , $ CAPE HORN HURDLERS Cape Horn horses are at present well .In the limelight in Australia. At the Seymour Meeting (Victoria) last week the six-year-old Barnum, who was taken to Australia by Mr. W. R. Kemball and later sold to V. O'Neill, was ' an easy winner of the hurdle event. He was having only his second start following a lengthy spell. . At Ascot the following day,. Maritime, who had won a couple of races on the flat/during the previous fortnight and was having his first start over fences, was second topwcight with 9.12 in the hurdles,, but though he finished the course the best he could do was eighth in the field of a dozen. It is rather interesting to note that he . has been set 31b above "the "minirnum "" in the V.R.C. Grand National Hurdles. One does , not doubt he would have been given the minimum in any hack hurdles in the Dominion. The early favourite for the Grand National Hurdles is another Cape Horn gelding. Cape York, a winner of the Adelaide Cup last season. Starting times for the first day of the Dunedin Winter Meeting are:— 11.30 a.m., 12.8, 12.46, 1.29, 2.2, 2.40, 3.13, and 3.56 pjn.