SPORTING Golden Souvenir To Leave For Sydney

Greymouth Evening Star, 10 February 1947, Page 6

SPORTING Golden Souvenir To Leave For Sydney

Golden Souvenir is booked to be shipped north on Tuesday on the liist stage of his journey to syd?eywill be in charge of his V su sil attenddant, J. Phillips, who will hand him over to M. McCarten on arrival at Randwick. Although nothing definite has been decided, this may be Golden Souvenir’s last season on the turf, and be will probably take up stud duties in the Gisborne district next season. Retired to Stud . The English filly Lincoln Fair has been under treatment since the midsummer meeting because of being badly galloped on, and ft has been decided to retire her to the stud. She was imported by Mr. E. E. Steele foi breeding purposes, and was to have completed this season’s racing before being retired, but in the face of her injury, Mr. Steele decided to put her out of commission. Back In Work Gay Fort has been taken up again by C. G. Humphries, and-will be got ready for early steeplechase racing. He has been pottered about since his return from Australia, and is in forward condition to start off on another preparation. Photo Finish The Canterbury Jockey Club’s commettee, at a recent meeting, decided that it was not possible to have thei photo finish apparatus installed at I Riccarton before the Easter meeting in April but is was hoped to have it in use next August.