THE TURF.

Feilding Star, Volume 3, Issue 575, 29 May 1925, Page 3

THE TURF.

It AC J NCI FIXTURES. Juno o, 4.—Otaki Maori B.C. Winter. Juno 3,1, G. —Dunedin J.C. Winter Juno 3, G, 8, —Auckland R.C. Winter. ACCEPTANCES. May 29.—Otaki Maori R.C. Winter, ter. THE LUCKY MAN. "WINNER OF CALCUTTA SWEEP. (By Electric Cable—Copyright) (Amt. and X.Z. Cable Association) London, .May ’ll. Mr Carew. winner of the. first prize in the Calcutta Sweep on the Derby, began life in a. Liverpool draper’s shop, went to sea as an ordinary seaman, and was next employed at boile r scraping. lie Ihen took over his employer's business. He. sold one quarter share in his ticket for .€2OOO, after drawing Manna and another quarter share this morning fo r £SOOO. lie wins allege! her £do ,000. He says: “I left work this morning early, in order to avoid excitement, and wenp home and said a few prayers-. I went to laid and smoked my pipe peacefully until the time ot the race. J drew Manna in another small sweep aL Hull, and this made me more e'er tain I was in luck's way. ! saw the race in. my mind’s eye, and knew the result as soon as Unhorse had Hashed past the post. “Whatever else I might do with the money, I intend to give €IOOO to the Roman Catholic Orphanage at Crosby. “Why should I buy a motor ear, when I. have the motor car Bottomlev used before .lie was sentenced

The winning ticket was obtained from a Liverpool firm, which lor 30 years has distributed a- thousand tickets a year. Half a dozen tickets were given to Sam Mac Queen, the Rugby International, who sold two, including that which Carew held.

A MILLIONAIRE'S DERBY. OWNERS OF ALL THREE PLACED HORSES. London, May 27. Manna, the winner of the Derby, cost 0000 guineas at ti'.e Doncaster yearling sales, where he was picked by the trainer, Darling, whom the owner, Mr Morris, annually commissions to buy what he thinks; Lhe host yearling. Air Morris is reputed to he a millionaire. lie is a big merchant at Shanghai. Mr Mil comber, owner of Sirdar, is an American millionaire and is believed to be the owner of the largest number of racehorses in the world.. He trains in France and is a frequent competitor on French, British and American courses. (As the Agn Khan is also reputedly a millionaire many times over. the owners of all three placed horses are in thi s category). A I'CKI.A N I) RF.HANDICAPS. (Per Pres- 1 H^snowtioTi.) Auckland, May 28. The following rehandicaps have been 'declared for the Auckland ICC. winter meeting: C reon lance Steeplechase.—K ing Abbey Slbs; Jervois Handicap, 31b. Hunt Club Hurdles. — Bourn 3lb. Members’ Handicap. Master O’Rourke 51 bs; Broadwood 2lbs. E I, LERSLJ E TR A IXING XOTES. Auckland, May 27. There, was foggy weather before breakfast for training at Kllerslic this morning, but after the interval the weather qleared. All fast work was done on the course proper. Esplanade did seven furlongs in J .17, while Boomerday and Gala Day finished a mile together in 1.45 3-5. Right and Left was better than Tiwsillian over once round in 2.0 3-o. Barometer beat Arch Amie over six furlongs in 1.25 3-5. ■Master Peter and Dubious went a mile, the, last six lurlpngs taking 1.25 1-5. Marble Bell did seven furlongs in 1.38 1-5, Irish .Jig taking 1.30 4-5 over a similar distance. .Serene beat Royal Form over Jive furlongs in 1.8. and Lady Ridicule alone covered seven furlongs in 1.32 1-s—a good gallop. Sir Rosebery, Glen Canny and Pass in’ Through were together at the end of seven furlongs, run in 1.39. Llewellyn and .Bright Light finished together in lront of Kamehameda and Ginger Carl at the end of a round in 2.9 2-5. Tuscan, King Smock and QuinComa finished in that order at the en'd of five furlongs run in 1-0 2-5. The 'iumners Panache, Ohiti a ad

Betty Bruce went over four hurdles in the centre, finishing in that ordor. Knighthood "as Lq- too good tor Aircraft iu a. similar task. Highway heat Peter A mans, No. Surrender, and Gambler’s Gold over the big fences, including the hill. Peter Amaus led the greater part of the distance, but Highway had no difficulty in accounting fo r him at lhe finish. The other two were well hack.

RACING AGAINST ODDS. ONE HORSE IN FOUR EARNS OATS. TAXATION RELIEF WOULD ! HAVE MORAL RESULTS. Ghristehureh. -May 28. At | lie annual meeting of the Canterbury Jockey Club, ihe chairman. Mr George Gould, had the following to say regarding taxation W the sport:— “Before the war came, with its attendant taxation and disturbance of money values, and under the wise guidance of the Racing Conference, an owner, given an average degree of knowledge and luck, had a fair chance of paying expenses out of flustakes, halving him free to Iu t or not to bet, according to his I'nelinations, and the optimism, or pessimism, of hi.s nature. To-day. however, the position is very different.. Thi' cost, of racing, partly due to Government exactions. is almost double, while during the last four years, stakes have receded. In 191415. the stakes given by this club amounted to nearly £38.000; this year they were £42,055. whereas to hear a pre-war relation to expenses, they should he at least £OO,OOO. Racing is a fine pastime, lint if has also a serious financial aspect hq- those engaged in it. “An examination of racing statistics leads to the conclusion that only about one horse in four pays its expenses oiij- of stakes and there >s a gap of about £2OO,(KK) between the gross amount of stakes won and the costs involved in training and racing about 2000 horses. This gap many people seek to bridge by betting, with varying success, lienee the desirability of increasing stakes, so that the sport may more nearly pay its way, without fortuitous' aids. M any country clubs are in difficulty, small as the-stakes are which they can alford to give. When stakes are small, there is danger that owners who cannot alford to look upon racing as a pleasant way of spending money may try to carry on by manipulating results and heating the public. If it were not for the better stakes given by metropolitan clubs, the honest .sportsman could not live and yet the Minister 'proposed to create more clubs in the backblocks. where there are neither horses, population, racing facilities, nor any means of training. What can !>c done in these circumstances to put the straight going owner on » better footing?

“J. say, without; hesitation, that the Government should surrender, for the good of sport, some portion of the money it Lakes from the rafting community. The dividend taxalone now produces double the whole revenue from the totalisator tax a few years ago. “If the Government wom.t remit to clubs the 2.1 per cent, on the first £20.000 of each day’s turnover, if would pul small clubs on their feet and give a tremendous lift to honest, sport. This would mean giving up about L'3oo a day. or £90,000 a year, a good deal of which could go direct to stakes, hut the Government would still be deriving some Half a million in various ways from the raeng public', against which the general community pays no equivalent.” NOTES AND COMMENTS. The soft ground lasi wick set h'd any chance Bnimure - had of finishing in the money. Lipsol ran two good races at Wanganui. He is engaged at Otaki on .Juno 3, and may he worth billowing. Archeen was taken out ol Ihc Cornwall Handicap at the Auckland meeting, hut remains in the Members’ Handicap (six furlongs) on the opening day.

The ancient steeplechaser Vasc'i hir. winner of the Wellington Steeplechase in 1919, is now acting as schoolmaster to cross-country aspirants at Ricearfon.

Lady Comet, who Tan a great race into third place behind Bombrook and Sansalino in the Hack Steeplechase at Wanganui, looks well in the Hunt Club Hurdles at Ellerslie at 9.11.

Notable absentees from the Great Northern jumping double are Loch-

son. Oaklcigh, Sea Dc’il, - Charlatan, Gaze and Brigadier Bill. Oni-iau das been taken out of the hurdle iae p , but remains in the steeplechase.

Gail lard was rather fancied lor his engagement at Wanganui on Saturday. He showed speed in the early stages, but could nob iinish on. It was his first race for some lime. He may do bette r at his next outing.

Ivuliio improved a lot on his race the first day at Wanganui, and on Saturday was prominent all the way. He is a good horse in heavy ground and should not be long in getting on the winning list.

A laily lost a totalisator ticket on a winner at the Oamant trots on Saturday. After a fruitless search foj- nearly half an hour, she' discovered the missing ticket in her umbrella. Then she smiled again.

The Sou therm r, Frisco .Mail, has been paid up for in both the Great Northerns. Fit and well, he will he a tough nut to crack, always providing he is not upset by the reverse way of galloping at Auckland.

'Fhe Southland hack. Blue Dragoon. who Finished second in his race at Riverton recently, had been in work only a month, and is expected to show improved form at the Dunedin meeting. Some little Lime ago F. D. Jones and M. MeC.tMeii applied 1.0 Hie Australian e O', key flub for the m-

mission of. a parj. of their sentence of 12 months’ disqualification. A reply has been received from the chief stipendiary steward giving a flat refusal.

Alarie will soon win a hurdle race. Considering he liad Hot had a race over fences since last September, and giving weight to horses like Comical, Vagabond, Black Art and others in the May Hurdles at Wanganui on Saturday, he far from disgraced himself.

The Auckland Bating Club has received excellent acceptances for its winter meeting, and with 47 left in the Jervois Handicap, tho race as usual will have to he run .n divisions. A good response has been received from owners in the big races of the meeting, for 24 horses have been left in the Great Northern Hurdles, 2G in tho Cornwall Handicap, and 21 in lee Grc.it Northern Steeplechase.

A wedding of interest to the racing world took place at Hawera on Monday, when the well known hurdle horseman, 11. Burt, and Miss Lydia Fryer, daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Fryer, of Hawera, were married. The bride was given away, by her father, the one-time owner of Lingerer. Anemone, Immolation and .other horses, while Mr F. Fryer (best man) raced the late Miss .Mickey with some success. A, brother ol the bride is J. Fryer, one of the most successful trainers in Taranaki. j