RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 23527, 16 March 1940, Page 9

RACING NOTES

RACING, March 18.—Westport Jockey Club. March 18. —Ohinemuri Jockey Club. March 23.—Tuapeka County Jockey Club. March 23.—Westland Racing Club. March 23. 25.—Auckland Racing Club. March 23, 25.—Wairarapa Racing Club. March 23, 25.—Feilding Jockey Club. March 25.—Kumara Racing Club. March 25.—Beaumont Racing Club. March 25.—Waipukurau Jockey Club. March 23, 25, 26.—Riverton Racing Club. March 25, 26.—Canterbury Jockey Club. March 30.—Vincent Jockey Club, at Wingatui. March 30, April I,—Greymouth Jockey Club. March 30, April I.—Avondale Jockey Club. I April 4, 6.—Manawatu Racing Club. April 6.—Reefton Jockey Club. April 11, 13. —Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club. April 11, 13.—Oamaru Jockey Club. April 12, 13.—Whangarei Racing Club,

COURT DECISION ON BETTING | A decision in the Fourth City Court in Melbourne on February 26 will have far-reaching effects on racecourse betting in Victoria. According to the decision, a backer must not “ crush ” his bets on a racecourse, as automatically he becomes ,a bookmaker and is liable to be fined for operating without a license or permit. For instance, -if he takes £7 to 1 about a horse and then Jays £4 to 1, so that he will have £3 to nothing, he is breaking the law. Such transactions have been made ever since there were bookmakers and backers. As the position now stands, betting in running must be confined to a oneway transaction between bookmaker and backer. An illustration of the point is that a backer may have £IOO to £lO about a horse. That horse leads around the turn, and a bookmaker offers to bet £2O to £lO on it. The backer accepts his offer, and so has the horse going for £9O if it wins and £lO if it loses. That and similar cases are every-day occurrences on racecourses, but now, according to Monday’s decision, such business can be done only between bookmaker and bookmaker. The backer cannot avail himself of the opportunity to “ crush ” his bet. The only interest ■ ho can have in running is to back a horse to win. Another question which arises over this decision is whether a backer is breaking the law if he lays odds on any horse in a race. Does he become a bookmaker when he lays the odds, as he is doing when he lays £2 to 1 on a horse? The backer who is "crushing” his bet by laying 4 to 1 against is actually laying 4to 1 on any of the other run- * ners to defeat his horse, so his position 1 would appear to be the same ns the man who, for instance, lays 4 to 1 on 1 Ajax. JOTTINGS ,i - *| . .. . i

The Riccarton Meeting. The final payment for the Great Easter and Autumn Handicaps and acceptances for the minor handicaps to be decided at Riccarton on Easter Monday are due on Monday at 5 p.m. Ashburton Trotting Club. Nominations for all events at the Ashburton Trotting Club’s Autumn Meeting will close at 8 p.m. on Monday, when final forfeits for the New Zealand Futurity Stakes must also be made

Oamaru Autumn Meeting. Nominations for the Oamaru Autumr Meeting to be held on April 11 and 13 close on Tuesday at 8 p.m. A Big Stake Winner. It is estimated that during the four seasons he was racing Sea Biscuit won £87,400 in stakes. . To Race at Riccarton. King Gustavo was not taken south with the other members of P. T. Hogan’s team, but will race at Riccarton at Easter time. Well Represented. No fewer than 10 of the 13 three-year-olds engaged in the Wyndham Juvenile Stakes this afternoon claim Rey de Oro as their sire. Half-brother to Toorak. Gleam, who was engaged in the Wyndham Juvenile Stakes this afterVINCENT JOCKEY CLUB AT WINGATUI ON SATURDAY, MARCH 30. PROGRAMME: 12.45—H1GH-WEIGHT HANDICAP, £lO5. Minimum weight 9st. Nomination 20s. Acceptance 255. One mile. I.23—CAMBRIAN HACK HANDICAP, £IOO For Horses at time of starting have not won a race exceeding the value of £6O to the winner. Nomination 20s. Acceptance 255. Six furlongs. 2.I—POOLBURN TROT HANDICAP, £IOO. Class. 3.5. Harness. Nomination 20s. Acceptance 255. One mile and a-quarter. 2.39-VALLEY HACK HANDICAP, £IOO and a Canteen of Cutlery. Nomination 20s. Acceptance 255. One mile. 3.I7—LAUDER HANDICAP, £lO5. Nomination 20s. Acceptance 255. Six furlongs. 3.SS—MANIOTOTO TROTTING STAKES, £IOO and Canteen of Cutlery. Class 3.39. Harness. Nomination 20s. Acceptance 255 l One mile and a-half 4.33—LOCHELLA CHALLENGE SILVER CUP HANDICAP, £lO5 and Challenge Cup, Nomination 20s. Acceptance 255. One mile two and a-half furlongs. S.II—DUNSTAN HACK HANDICAP, £IOO. Nomination 20s. Acceptance 255. Five furlongs. Minimum Weight in Lauder and Lochella Handicaps 7st; all other races 7st 71b. NOMINATIONS Close at 5 p.m. on MONDAY, 18th March, 1940, with the Secretary of the Dunedin Jockey Club, Dunedin, or with the Secretary at Omakau. T. DUGGAN, Secretary

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April 13, 15. —Nelson Jockey Club. April 20.—Otautau Racing Club (at Invercargill). TROTTING. March 23, 27, 28. —New Zealand Metropolitan T.O. March 23, 25.—Hawera T.O. April 6.—Thames T.C. April 6.—Ashburton T.O. April 13.—Patriotic meeting, Addington. April 13.—Cambridge T.O. April 17, 20.—Wellington T.O. April 20.—Waikato T.C. April 27,—Auckland T.C. April 27.—Westland T.C. May 4.—Oamaru T.C. May 9, 11.—Forbury Park T.C. May 11.—Waikato T.O. Mav 11.—Marlborough T.C. May 18, 20.—Nelson T.O. May 25, 29.—Auckland T.C. May 25.—Canterbury Park T.O.

noon, is by Rey de Oro from Sundock, the dam of Toorak. The New Vice-president. Mr H. R. H. Chalmers, who has been appointed vice-president of the New Zealand Racing Conference, is a steward and member of the committee of the Wellington Racing Club. M‘Heath’s Rider. A. Leach, who piloted M'Heath to victory at Invercargill last Saturday, has been engaged to ride him in the Great Western Steeplechase next Saturday. Brush Fences at Wingatui. The caretaker at Wingatui has received instructions to rebrush the schooling fences immediately. This will be appreciated by trainers of steeplechase horses. Doubtful Starter. Though Corban’s name appears as an acceptor in the Warau Steeplechase to be run on the first day of the Riverton meeting, he is a doubtful starter as he strained himself when he fell at the Birchwood Hunt meeting last Saturday.

Carried Silbs Overweight. When _ Orelio ran Kathbella to half a head in the Thompson Handicap on Thursday the l.imond—Waterwings three-year-old carried sJlb overweight. Had he carried his correct weight Orelio would probably have turned the tables on the winner.

Riverton Cup Riders. J W. Jennings has been engaged to ride Queen of Song in the Riverton Cup, C. T. Wilson will have the mount on Wild Career, R. E. Humphries on Waitorn, and J. W. Dooley on Sailing Lady. At Headquarters.

Frank Tulford arrived at Riverton on Thursday. in charge of Santoft, Rebel Mate, Lazybones,, and Slumber. The later is engaged in the Trial Handicap, and is a three-year-old filly by Valkyrian from Lady Wakeful. . Sparkle for Riccarton. ' It has been definitely decided to send Sparkle north to contest the Great Autumn Handicap, and the stable apprentice, J. L. Strathern, who was on her when she won the Dunedin Cup, will ride her in the Riccarton race. Finished Fifth. Gold Salute, who started at 100 to 3 against in the Newmarket Handicap, was well up in the running down the straight, but towards the finish began to bore out, and finished fifth. He carried 8.5 and was ridden by F. Shean.

Recovered. Both Gold Wren and his rider, W. E. Shaud, have made a good recovery from the fall they sustained at the Birchwood Hunt meeting. Gold Wren is not engaged on the first day of the Riverton meeting, but, all going well, it is intended to run him on the second and third days. M‘Heath Eligible, The conditions of the Waiau and Otapiri Steeplechases to be run on the first and second days of the Riverton meeting were altered this year, making horses that have not won a steeplechase of the value of £l2O to the winner at the time of starting eligible. The race won by M'Heath last Saturday was worth £llO to the winner. St. Albans Yearlings Sell Well. At the recent sale of yearlings held in Melbourne keen interest was taken in the disposal of the draft from the. St. Albans Stud. Eight youngsters made 5,450g5, an average of 681 gs. Last year 10 yearlings from this stud averaged 645g5, as compared with an average of 500 gs the previous year. Select Mounts. A. E. Ellis does not get many mounts nowadays owing to his weight, but bis successes this year, include the Great Northern Derby on Beau Vite, the Hazlett Gold Cup on Defaulter at Wingatui, the Taranaki Stakes on Beau Vite, and the St. Leger on the same colt on Thursday. The Newmarket Handicap Winner. Mildura, who won the Newmarket Handicap at Flemington this month, gave his owner (Mr E. J, Watt), trainer (G. Price), and rider (E. Bartle) their first successes in that improtant race. Mildura, who is by Manfred from the imported mare Miss Meadows, was purchased by Mr Watt for 500 gs at the 1937 Melbourne yearling sales.

Great Autumn Prospect, Trench Law, whose weight in the Great Autumn Handicap was raised from 7st to 7st 81b following his two Taranaki successes last week, will come into favour for the Riccarton race after his win at Trentham on Thursday. He is a definite starter at Riccarton. His dam. Arbitration, traces back to Maude, dam of Mahutonga, one of the best horses in his day to race in New Zealand.

Difference in Rules. There are some material differences between the Rules of Racing and TrotOne of these covers the question of joint_ interests (partnerships, leases, or contingencies). The Rules of Racing_ provide that no person shall he entitled to enter a horse unless his interest in the running of such horse is at least equal to that of any other party to the joint interest. There i» no-such proviso in the Rules of Trotting, and it is possible for an owner who leases a horse on a 25 per cent, basis to have such horse raced in his name and colours, although a trainer

may have to pay all expenses in connection with training, driver, transport, and entry fees. It is understood (says the Timaru ‘ Herald ’) that one well-known breeder has several horses in different stables under this arrangement. Indian Visitor. A guest of the Wellington Racing Club on Thursday, seeing under ideal conditions his first meeting in New Zealand, was Mr W. Taylor, for 18 years till 1938 senior steward of the Lahore Race Club, India, a position which corresponds to that of president of a New Zealand club. Mr Taylor was in all 20 years a steward of his club; for eight years also honorary secretary. Mr Tay- > lor was at one time principal of the Lahore Veterinary College, -the largest in the British Empire, and latterly was engaged on veterinary research in the Government of India. . laboratory at Lahore, one of the biggest in the world. He was also professor of pathology and bacteriology at the college before becoming principal.