RACING NOTES

Evening Star, Issue 23907, 10 June 1941, Page 7

RACING NOTES

COMING EVENTS [By St. Claui.] RACING. June 14.—Bay of Plenty Racing Club. June 14. —Greymoutb Jockey Club. Juno 14. —Hawke’s Bay Jockey CUub. June 21. —Waipa Racing Club. June 21. —Ashburton Racing Club. < June 21, 23.—Manawatu Racing Club. June 28.—Dannevirke Hunt. June 28.—Oamaru Jockey Club. July 6.—Hawke’s Bay Hunt. July 8, 10, 12.—Wellington Racing Club. July 19.—Manawatu Hunt. July 26.—South Canterbury Hunt. July 26.—Rangitikei Hunt. August 2.—Christchurch Huut. JOTTINGS Government’s Share. Tile following taxes were paid in connection with the Hunedin Jockey Club’s Winter Meeting:— Totalisator ... £3,846 15 0 Dividend £3,364 16 0 Stakes £SO 7 0 Total £7,261 18 0 Grand National Meeting. The programme for the Canterbury Jockey Club’s Grand National Meeting on August 12, 14, and 16 is in circulation. There are eight races each day, starting at 11.30 a.m. Streamline’s Winnings. Streamline's win in the Great • Northern Steeplechase increased his gross earnings to £4.060. Jockeys’ War Effort. Tho Melbourne Jockeys’ War Fund Club has sent 14,976 tins of soup abroad at a cost of £3OO, and followed with a donation of £IOO to tho Red Shield House. One of the prime movers hi the club is the exNew Zealand rider, J. Barry. For Charity. As a result of the annual fixture held at Moouec Valley, the V.R.C. benevolent fund benefited by £3,750, Mr Alister Clark, chairman of the Moonee Valley Club, told members at the annual meeting. This included a donation from the club of £207. The club made a profit of £4,703 6s 6d for its racing year after having distributed £6,676 to various war funds and charitable The profit will be invested in the war loah. Three meetings for charity raised £2,324, and profits from five compensation meetings amounted to £5,905. High Caste. High Caste, probably the hardest-worked horse in Australia, did not have a very long hohday alter the autumn (says the Melbourne ' Sporting Globe ’). It was, however, his own fault, as ho did so well that his rest had to be cut short. Now he is back at Randwick to undergo another preparation. The “ Strawberry Bull ’’ has been entered for the Doomben Newmarket and Cup, and it is quite on the cards that he will make the trip north. Mr Owen Maidment, secretary of the Brisbane Amateur Turf Club, was in Sydney for the Raster carnival, and X should say that he paved the way for the visit—or tried to. What a drawcard the giant bay would be in Brisbane! Beaulivre is booked to run at the meeting, so also is Gold Salute, who stayed on after the recent Brisbane Cup carnival. Beaulivre' has been working well at Randwick. Wartime Racing. Lord Harewood, brother-in-law of King George, wrote to the-, London ‘ Times ’ several months' ago as follows on tho subject of racing in England during the war: —“ Those interested in racing have not pressed for the indulgence of their hobby when it conflicts with the national interest, and all sections of the racing community have accepted the rulings of the stewards of the Jockey Club with no more grumbling than is the birthright of every Englishman. The duties of the stewards of the Jockey Club may be briefly summarised under two headings: (1) The maintenanc eof the supremacy of the English thoroughbred horse; (2) the entertainment of the public. As regards the former, this complex industry and the methods by which, it may be maintained cannot be adequately examined here without trespassing unduly upon your columns. As regards the latter; the entertainment value of horse racing as compared with greyhound racing, theatres, cinemas, etc., is difficult to assess accurately. It may, however, be pointed out that, while the cinema causes some export of money, racing is the only entertainment which results in an accumulation of credits abroad. It will continue to do so as long as the English thoroughbred is allowed to prove itself the best in the world.” New Zealand Champion. The champion three-year-old, Kindergarten, is still having an easy time, running out during the day and being stabled at night (says the Melbourne ‘ Sporting Globe’) He is not a very gross fellow in idleness, and he should get back into racing shape in short order when required. No time-table has been arranged for . his projected trip to Australia for the spring racing there but he will almost certainly have a nomination for the Melbourne Chip, as well as having a tilt at the_ classics. Concerning The Melbourne Cup, his owner, Mr E. Fitzgerald has not expressed any views for publication, but he is to have discussed the horse’s prospects against the background of the form of Beau Vite and other good New Zealand representatives. Kindergarten will make an early departure for Australia, so as to avoid the possibility of a hold-up in the event, of our shipping being disrupted.