NEWS AND VIEWS

Evening Star, Issue 26081, 21 April 1947, Page 3

NEWS AND VIEWS

[By Obskuvek.] Fixtures. April 26.—Southland Racing Club. April 26.—Bay of Plenty Racing Club. April 26.—Amberley Racing Club. April 26.—Waverley Racing Club. April 26.—Levin Racing Club. April 26, Y[ay 3.—Forbury Park Trotting Club. April 26, May 3.—Wellington'Trotting Club. May 3.—Franklin Racing Club. . May -3, s.—Poverty Bay Turf Club.. May 3, 10.—Ashburton County Racing Club. • . May 3, 10.—Egmont Racing Club. May 10.—Oamaru Trotting Club May 10.—Waiapu Racing Club (at Gisborne). May .10. —Woodville District Jockey Club. May 10. 17.—Waikato Racing Club. May 10, 17.—Auckland Trotting Club.’ Reminders. Withdrawals for the first day of the Forbury Park Trotting Club’s meeting close at 5 p.m. to-morrow. Acceptances for the second day of the Southland Racing Club’s meeting are due at the same time. Steeplechaser Retired. Although they gave their usual good display of jumping at the Riverton meeting, Anglo-French and Noko did not shape as if thev were likely to stage a successful comeback, and they may he retired from racing. Ninth Second Placing. Sea Power continued his unlucky run at Invercargill on Saturday, when Eriska.v beat him by half a head -in the Awarua Handicap. Sea Power lias started 11 times this season for nine seconds and two thirds. Third Win from Present Stable. When Detain took the Bluff Handicap at Invercargill on Saturday lie registered his third win in five starts since being taken over by the Wingatui trainer, J. A. Wilson. His other two starts resulted in a second arid a fourth. Wellington Winter Meeting. The stake for the three and a-quarter' mile Wellington Steeplechase in July has been increased to £3,000. The maximum weight will be 12st. Other races on the three-day programme are also richly endowed, and stakes amounting to over £27,000 will be distributed during the three days. In Excellent Condition. Lost Art showed that he is in excellent condition to resume hurdle racing during the winter by finishing third in the Timaru Cup on Saturday. He won four races in succession during the summer, three of his wins being'in hurdle races and the other in a highweight event. Novice Winner. When Bonnv. ißoyal won the second division of the Trial Handicap at Invercargill on Saturday she covered the six furlongs in 1.15 1-5, which was, 4-ssec faster than the time, required in the first division. Bonny Royah is, a three-year-old filJv by IRoyal Chief from Bortny June, arid she had started seven times previously without gaining a place. Lady Christine’s Winnings. < As the result of her wins in the Champagne Stakes and Challenge Stakes at Riccarton, Lady Christine brought her total winnings to £3,850, and she is now the leading stake winner among the two-year-olds this season. Excellency won £2,960 before going into retirement after Boxing Day with an unbeaten record in four' starts. Last season Majesty was the principal stake-winning two-year-old. with £2,600. to his credit. Bobby Dazzler’s Lit\es. Bobby Dazzler, who won his first race at' Invercargill on Saturday, is raced by the well-known Dunedin owner, Mr A. J. Brown, for whom he is trained by J. A. Wilson. Bobby Dazzler had raced several times previously without being placed. He is a good-looking four-year-old gelding by Nightly from Miss Drench, by Diacquenod—Waterspray, by Glenapp— Puawai, by Reflector —Neroli, by Artillery—Nenuphar, by Apremont— Watersprite, by Traducer—Waterwitch, by Camden from the imported. mare Mermaid, who founded a highlysuccessful family In the Dominion. Clean-up For Bookmakers. ’ The victory bf the outsider Caughoo in the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase gave bookmakers one of their greatest clean-ups in history. Only two people took the winning tote 5s double on the Lincolnshire Handicap and the Grand National._ They each received £8,889 10s. A big London bookmaker, David Cope, said: “I accepted £IOO.OOO in doiihle bets on the Lincolnshire and the National arid did not pay out on one. As far as I know, nobody pulled off the double with a bookmaker.” Two Horses of Same Name. A galloper and a trotter, both known as King’s Ransom, each won a race on Saturday. While the trotter took the first race at the Manawatu meeting, 'the galloper won the Hastings Hack Cup. This incident recalls the fact that two horses with the same name once fought out the finish of a hurdle race at the Waikato Ttirf Club’s meeting in- February, 1880. These two horses were known as Harkaway, one being a chestnut and the other a brown. The race was worth £3O, plus a £2. sweepstake, and the distance was two miles The chestnut Harkaway won from his brown namesake, and Sportsman was third. To avoid confusion the layers of odds referred to the two horses as Harkaway and Brown Harkaway. It is not uncommon for trotters and gallopers to have the same name, but it is on rare occasions that they win on the same day. Century Dividend. Wee Logan, winner of the Otipua Trot at Washdvke on Saturday, returned his supporters a win price of slightly over a century, and a place dividend of close on a quarter of a century.