SPORTING

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 June 1925, Page 6

SPORTING

HAWKE'S BAY JOCKEY CLUB; i - v < - i— • ■' • REMAINING: RESULTS. "

(Per Press Association.)

HASTINGS, June 25. h’he totalisator investments amounted to £32,664 for the two days, compared with; £33,905 last year./ . Following are the remaining results: June Steeplechase, 2£ miles.—(3) Mahia. 1, (8) Luke 2,, (9)-Adrienne 3. Also started —(1) Sanforte, (6) First Line, (2) Ranui, (4)' Uncle Dave, (5) Sir Wai and (7) Maraetotarm Won by six lengths. Time 5.30. Ladies’ Bracelet, miles.—(2) Good Mark 1, (4) Revel 2, (6),.Mosthenes 3. Also started—(3) Birkenella, (5) Crown Seal an ; d (1) Red Head. Won bv a head. Time 2.26.

Raukawa Hack Handicap, 9 furlongs —(1) General Carrington 1, (3) Martona 2, (2) Killoch 3. Also ran —(5) Mountain Top, (6) Polly Peachum, (4) Royal Song, (7) Whaiiti and (8) ■ Singer Boy. Won by a length. Time 2.6 4-5.

Final Handicap, 6£ furlongs. —(1)’ Koodoo 1, (4) Jubilee 2, (2) Tari 3. Also ran —Pronto, Haurangi, Strategy, Crown Gem, Battle Knight and Lady Joyce. Won by a length. Time 1.28 1-5.

RACING NEWS AND NOTES.

(By “Arlington.”)

Black Ait and Wench have arrived back in Wellington from Australia. Tussore was sold at auction.-in Sydney last, week for 22J, guineas. ‘ z Dutch Courage is making a good recovery from the mishkp that prevented her from fulfilling her Dunedin engagements, and will probably be placed in commission in about a week’s time. Mr. Eric Connolly, who is* credited with being one of the 'shrewdest and heaviest'of betting ownerswho ever raced horses in Australia, is evidently not going to be satisfied with touching the fringe of racing in England. Since his arrival in, the Old Country he has made several purchases, one being an untried two-year-old colt by -SteadfastKarelian. The colt is named Karagan, and the price was £2200, but this is regarded as small, as the colt was sold in September last for £3lOO. The Aga Khan, who has had a remarkable run of succession the English turf, has spent fortunes in an endeavour to own a Derby winner. In 1922 he was the biggest buyer of yearlings, and nine of them were nominated for this year’s Derby. The only one to start was Zionist, which had to be satisfied with a place. The Aga. Khan is now breeding on a large scale, and perhaps he will succeed in producing a colt capable of capturing the blue riband of the racing world. ■Sydney had its sensation over the A.J.C. Steeplechase. Monteme, a hot favourite, was sold the day prior to the race, for £3OOO, and this started all kinds of wild rumours flying. It was alleged that the horse was sold to be scratched, and that the A.J.C. had investigated the case, all of which was quite incorrect. Minterne’s jockey, J. Sing, was naturally anxious, and'asked that Minterne’s running be watched carefully. Mjnteme, started at oddson, but his many backers were soon out of suspense, for he fell at the last of the treble in the straight the first time, round.

Apparently racing taxation in New South (Wales quite rivals that in New Zealand. Of every £lOO put through the totalisation in Sydney the New South Wales Government receives £9. An election will be necessary this year for the New Zealand Trotting Association. For two North Island vacancies, Messrs C. F. Mark, J. R. McKenzie and R. W. Short have been nominated, while for three South Island seats the nominations are Messrs W. Hayward, J. Hole, H. W. Kitchinghain, T. T. Ritchie, and J. M. Samson. The : Itago mare Ravenna, has been one of the unlucky performers of the present season. She has only won two race, while she has been seven times second and three times third, earning £999 in stakes. She is just the sort that might land the Winter Cup in August.

One of the most successful owners with jumpers is the Waipukurau sports man Mr. T. E. Whelch. He has turned out many fine leppers, including ■Merry Lad, Manawapango, Kirkby, Red Cent, and others. His methods are novel, for'he will not have professionals to school the horses, but erects a row of fences, and his horses are raced over these at top pace, and then turned, and made do the job the reverse way. Schooling forms the greater part of the jumper’s tasks, with plenty of long work, while galloping is practically eschewed. V-hen Soltano’s name appeared, in the entries for the Melbourne Cup* surprise was expressed in racing circles. However, the Nassau gelding, along with Starshell, will be sent to Sydney in August and raced there for some time. G. New is to go in charge of the team.

The whole of the nine acceptors were saddled up for the Hawke’s Bay Steeplechase, for which Mary Bruce was most in demand. The favourite broke a leg during the race and had to be destroyed. Eerie ran off, while Adrienne and Mahia both made mistakes. Bonibrook and Puwhero were the leaders, but the latter was very sore, and he soon drifted back, leaving Bonibrook at the head of affairs, which position he maintained to the finish, winning by a small margin from Fireblight. who ran a great race considering that she is still susceptible to a good deal of improvement. Jovial was on the sick list after his fall in the June Steeplechase at Napier Park, and he was not saddled at 1 Hastings. C. Morse will continue to train him until after the C. J.C. Grand National meeting. It is rumoured in certain quarters that what is known as a “lively” was worked in connection with the recent Great Northern meeting, and that the parties engineering it reaped a substantial sum. For the information of the few who follow racing and ,are ignorant of what a, “lively” is, it may be mentioned that it is / simply the sending of the result of an event so quickly that the receiver is enabled to place a few pounds w'th a. bookmaker who makes the mistake of betting after time. Tears ago when bookmakers were licensed in Auckland and had their offices or took up positions in the vicinity of '' r ulcan Lane, and when the times of starting races at meetings were not so strictly adhered t as they are now, some rather daring, and sometimes clever, ruses were adopted by barker’s to get tho result quickly and back a horse after it had won. Bookmakers could relate numerous cases of this being done, but times are different now, and few bookmakers will bet after time, because they know that it is courting disaster to do so when races are started within a. minute or two of the time stated in the racecard. This particularly applies to races at Ellerslie, where the starting is not regulated by the totalisator. Here the starter lines the horses up and sends them away without considering the totalisatoi’ at all, the result being that in many cases a sprint event is o ,r er inside two minutes after the time set in the racecard as the official time of starting. To secure a ’phone and be connected ur> with somebody in Wellington or 'Wanganui is not difficult,

and it is possible for tho resultjto bo

known there inside two minutes. Rurhour has it that this occurred in connection with the recent Auckland meeting, and that the bookmakers who did business with the gentleman at the end of the wire parted with a fairly large sum of money.