RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 22228, 4 January 1936, Page 15

RACING NOTES

RACING. January 7, 9. Reefton J.C. January 10, 11. —Vincent J.C. January 11.—Greymouth J.C. January 16, 13.—Thames J.C. January 18.—Wairio J.CJanuary 22.—Ashhurst-Pohangina R.C. January 22, 24, 25. —Wellington R.C. January 25.—Clifden (at Invercargill). HOLIDAY TOTALISATOR INVEST- „ MENTS. The distribution of totalisator investments according to the various racing and trotting meetings held in the holiday period is shown in the following tables; —Racing.— 1935-36 1934-35 Waipukurau £4,884* £4,422 j Taranaki 30,993 22,0921 Westland 16,654*. 12,836* Dunedin 33,973 25,237* Manawatu 56,707 49^10 Auckland ... 208,854 186J893* Southland 29,4211 26,0821 Greymouth 7,087 3i948 Wyndham 13,271 11,460 Waikouaiti .... ••• 18,210 15,1461 Stratford 17,592 14,3/3 Marton 23,823 18,861* Hawke’s Bay ... 16,014 13,969* Wairarapa I ... 27 8681 18,912 Oamaru 9,/83 ? 8,-27 Total ... ... £515,1011 £432,176 —Trotting.— Ashburton 21,751 n ore 12,936* 13,0/2 Wairarapa ” 6,187 3,358 Westport 10,563 8,896 Auckland 76,423 75,563 Winton Canterbury Park 48,368 36,326* ijotal £185,605* £163,436 Grand totals £700,707 £595,412 JOTTINGS. Nominations for the Wellington Cup Meeting close on Monday at 8 p.m. Owners are reminded that acceptances for the first day of the Vincent meeting close on Tuesday at / p.m. „Acceptances for the Wairio meeting close next Friday at 8 p.m. When Wall Street returned the big win dividend at Invercargill yesterday his owner did not participate. He supported his horse on the place machine, and then only very modestly. Several kickers at the barriers were in evidence at the Southland meeting, and Stipendiary Steward M'Lean went out to the start of the Invercargill Cup. It will be interesting to see the result. Milford, who was considered .almost a certainty Jo catch one of the three 10-furlong races decided in Southland during the New Year meetings, was top sore to be seen at his best. It is reported that the Wyndham meeting on New Year’s Day will net the club a profit of nearly £I,OOO, and the meeting at Invercargill on Thursday and Friday a profit of about £1,200. E. J. Ellis had a very unprofitable holiday tour with his team, failing to win a race at Wingatui, Wyndhain, or Invercargill, and losing the services of his apprentice rider, E. J. Pinn, almost at the beginning of the Invercargill meeting. The Wyndham Racing Club gave £1,200 in stakes on Now Year’s Day, and took £628 10s in admission charges. The Southland Racing Club distributed £2,385 in stakes on Thursday and Friday, and the gate receipts were £1,063 10s 6d. Horses trained by the Gore trainer, T. G. Pollock, raced most consistently during the Wyndham and Invercargill meetings, but without any luck. They finished second four times and third just as often.

[By St. Claie.]

TROTTING. Jan. 6. —Greymouth T.C. Jau. a,—Reerton T.C. Jau. 18. —Timaru T.C. Jan. 25. —N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. jau. 30, Feb. I.—Forbury Park T.C. Feb. 1, 3.—Nelson T.C. Feb. 5, B.—Wellington T.C. Feb. 15.—Canterbury Park T.C, Feb. 15, 17.—Auckland T.C. Feb. 22. —New Brighton T.C. Viking was galloped on during the running of the Flying Handicap at Invercargill on Thursday. He did not return with F. Shaw’s team from Invercargill, and will enjoy a light let-up on his owner’s farm at Riverton. When Amy Johnson returned to her stable after the Wyndham meeting her side was very swollen where she was kicked by Milford, and it is impossible to tell exactly what the injury is. The veterinary surgeon thinks that two of her ribs may he broken. Riding honours at the Wyndham and Invercargill meetings were shared by 19 horsemen. The apprentice attached to F. W. Ellis’s stable,- J. Taylor, and J. W. Jennings each rode three winners, R. W. Mackie, J. W. Dooley, and H. J. Powell each rode two, and C. G. Humphries, H. Phillips, V. ford, F. Voight, H. A. Anderton, and E. Baker one each. Eleven trainers turned out winners at the Wyndham and Invercargill meetings. F. W, Ellis was the most successful, producing four winners. P. T. Hogan, A. E. Didham. and F. Shaw each won two races, and J. W. Dooley, R. M‘Nay, M. Corkery, E. J. Ross, H. A. Anderton, and T. P. Wilson each one. Two winners were trained by their owners. There is no doubt regarding the popularity of the light-harness sport in Southland. The Wyndham Club gave £260 for the two trotting races on its programme and received 37 acceptances, £3,384 10s being invested on the totalisator. At Invercargill there were 53 acceptors for four races worth £5lO and £6,697 10s was invested on them. Queen of Song was only started once during the New Ydar meetings, and the easy manner in which she won the Invercargill Cup suggests that she will see out a much longer journey when asked. She was produced in excellent condition at the Invercargill meeting. The members of the M.C'.C. team, who are playing Southland to-day, were visitors to tho Invercargill course yesterday afternoon and took a keen interest in the racing, especially in the light-harness events. This class of racing was new to most of them, and they were thrilled with the exciting finish between Eighteen Carat and Desert Cloud in the two-mile race. The crowd in the Southland Racing Club’s rooms on Thursday evening when acceptances closed for the second day included a large proportion who had little right to be there. A visit from the racecourse inspector w'ould have been welcomed by owners and trainers, some of whom were not able to gain admittance to the room when the acceptances were announced. Wingatui, Wyndham, and Invercargill the racing circuits were unusually bare of grass during the holiday meetings owing to having been cut very close. In an ordinary season this would have been appreciated, but with so little protection from the hot sun this year the ground baked very hard, and at each of these meetings the going was much too firm to suit many of the horses engaged. Inquiries at the Southland Hospital last evening elicited the information that E. J. Pinn was making satisfactory progress and will be able to return home to Washdyke early next week. An inquiry was held yesterday into the cause of Top Coat falling in the Flying Handicap. After hearing statements from the riders in the race, the Judicial Committee decided that there was not sufficient evidence for the stewards to take any action.