RACING AND TROTTING

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 March 1944, Page 7

RACING AND TROTTING

MEETINGS TO COMB March 25: Bay of Plenty. March 25: Hawke’s Bay. April 1: Hawke’s Bay. TROTTING'

March 25; Methven. April 1: N.Z. Metropolitan. April 1: Cambridge-Waikato-Thames. April 8: N.Z. Metropolitan. April 15: Auckland. April 22: Wellington. April 29: Wellington. May 6: Forbury Park. May 6: Waikato Combined. June 3 or 5: Ashburton.

Judge for Methven: Mr. A. O. Wellwood has been appointed judge for the Methven Trotting Clubs meeting on Saturday. .

Patriotic Meeting: The Canterbury Jockey Club has been granted April 22 for its patriotic meeting at Riccarton. The sum of £3500 will be distributed in stakes.

Turned Out: The good-looking colt, Eddystone, who misbehaved in his recent outings at Riccarton and failed to start on either occasion, has been turned out by V. Lee.

At Riccarton: Sascha has been at Riccarton since returning from Wellington and is being looked after by A. McMullan. His trainer, J. Mitchell, of Waimate, intends to walk a team of horses to the Easter meeting.

Chiding: Mr. G. Murray-Aynsley has sold " the five-year-old Myosotis mare Chiding to Mr. T. Donnellan, who will train the mare at Riccarton. In partnership with Mr. J. Shannahan Mr. Donnellan formerly raced among others Goosestep, Saggitarius, Viewpoint and Cloverhouse when the partners trained at Greymouth.

Auckland Easter: Nominations as follows were received for the Auckland Easter Handicap, one mile: Fortune’s Smile, Atatu, Jovial Lass, Llandine, Landveyor, Neenah, Exeter, Te Hinemoa, Olga’s Pal, Orakau, Tweedsmuir, Tiger Tan, Salmai, Soutane, Bonny Pay, Town Survey, Aguilo, Expanse, Regal Fox, Belle Fox, Lady Pay, Corday, Flowerburn, Lord Chancellor, Beau Vaals, Sweet Biscuit, Royal Merit, Cambria, Diamond King, Lady Reynard, Conquistador, Foxola, Sleepy Fox, Monte Cristo, Sea-law, La Fillette, Peter Gregor, Kraal, Phaleron, Hot Pursuit, Killeymoon, Clarice, Loch Acre, Billy Peach, Marinoto. CENTRALISATION PROPOSALS. PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS. WELLINGTON, March 22. Invited to comment on the report of a meeting of racing and trotting interests at Hamilton, which urged the centralisation of racing, the President of the New Zealand Racing Conference, Mr. H. R. Chalmers, said to-day that he was at a loss to understand the action of the conveners of the meetFor the balance of the 1943-44 racing season there were 10 days of rac= ing allocated to th'e Auckland district. Of these, six were to be held at Ellerslie, two at Te Rapa, one at Paeroa, and one at Te Aroha. Paeroa and Te Aroha were both busy racing centres, and the President considered that owners and trainers in the north had little to complain of in the allocation as quoted. , In the southern part of the North Island the position was much the same. There were six days, divided between Napier and Hastings, two at Marton, two at Feilding, two at Wellington, and one each at Waipukurau, Woodville, Manawatu, Otaki, and Hawera. The Marton - Feilding - ManawatuWoodville circuit should present few difficulties, as they were all close to good training centres, and no great distance would have to be travelled by horses in those localities. The Waipukurau Club specially wished to race at home to give owners in southern Hawke’s Bay a chance of a local meeting. Neither the Otaki nor the Hawera meeting would entail much inconvenience,“and racing people would have to be prepared to face some inconvenience if they desired the sport to be carried on under existing conditions. The South Island presented greater difficulties than the North, but it was anticipated that these could largely be overcome. Concluding his remarks the President pointed out that Pompit, winner of the hurdle race at Manawatu on Saturday, walked 100 miles to tile meeting, and it was reported that he was at present returning to Napier the same way.