SEA FURY SCORES AT BLENHEIM IN OPEN SPRINT

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 April 1947, Page 5

SEA FURY SCORES AT BLENHEIM IN OPEN SPRINT

(P.A.) BLENHEIM, April 4. The second day of the Marlborough Racing Club’s annual meeting was held under execrable conditions. Driving rain fell throughout the afternoon. The attendance was seriously affected, but the totalisator-held up well to handle £12,206 compared with £9727 last year, an increase of £2479. The total for the meeting was £31,421, an increase of,-£11,298 10s. The track w/s heavy. Remaining re- ( suits:— '

Champion Hack Handicap, of £210; nine furlongs.—4-4 Just Barney, 8.8 car. 8.6 (T. Howe) and 1-1 Pram 8.7 (C. A. Bowry) (dead-heat) 1; 3-3 St. Nat 8.7 car. 8.2 (H. Conza.) 3. Also started: 2-2 Matapan; 5-5 Mercia’s Mystery; 6-6 Royal Sward; 7-7 Miner’s Hope. Dead-heat; three length. Mercia’s Mystery fourth. Time, 2.1. 2-5.

Members’ Hack Handicap, of £140; six furlongs.—l-1 Gay Corrie 8.1 (J. P. Bowness) 1; 2-2 First Act 7.11 car. 7.6 (R. J. Eaton) 2; 6-6 Miss Elterwater 8.0 (B. J. Langford) 3. Also started: 3-4 Glamis Pal bracketed with Home Again; 4-5 Calm Sea; 5-3 Feola; 8-8 Paeanism; 8-7 Top Drawer. Two lengths each way. Top Drawer fourth. Time 1.17 4-5. Wither Trot Handicap, of £l4sj 3.37 class; one mile and a-half.—3-3 Statesman 48 (W. R. Butt) 1; 1-1 French Gold scr. (L. A. Wigzell) 2; 5-5 Tu Rangi scr. (M. G. Mackie) 3. Also started: 6-6 Bonnie Troon: 9-9 El d’Or; 4-4 Gold Nip; 7-7 Loriot; 8-8 Little Trevor; 2-2 Swazi Queen. Three-quarters of a length; a length. Gold Nip fourth. Times: 3.38 2-5; 3.42 4-5; 3.43.

Railway Handicap, of £170; seven furlongs.—l Sea Fury 7.8 (W. F. Ellis) 1; 2 White Cap 8.12 (R. Auckram) 2; 3 The Grand 8.1 (C. A. Bowry). 3. Also started: 4 High Ideal. Five lengths; same; Time, 1.31 2-5. Ward Hack Handicap, Of £140; seven furlongs.—2-1 Bulaselle 7.7 (C. Markwick) 1; 8-6 Miss Elterwater 7.13 car. 8.0 (B. J. Langford) 2; 1-3 Chaka 8.2 (W. F. Ellis) 3. Also started: 3-2 Race Lad; 6-5 Mercia’s Mystery; 4-4 Cornish Note, 5-8 Calm Sea; 7-7 Walk Off. A neck; two lengths. Mercia’s Mystery fourth. Time, 1.32 4-5. FEMALE TABOUR IN ENGLISH RACING STABLES The acute shortage of labour in England so far as stable hands are concerned, has made trainers exploit another field to relieve the situation and they have fortunately found it in the ranks of equestriennes. Several trainers have made arrangements for qualified young women to enter their establishments to take up riding-out work and general stable duties as a career. There is every indication that largescale employment of women will soon be common. Girls of good family, with high school education, and some who have had initial experience in the hunting stables and riding academies, form the recruits to racing. Former members of the land army with farm experience have been accepted and have already proved their value. In reply to a question, one of the girls said: “I got this job at Newmarket through the Ministry of Labour’s Scottish head office in Edinburgh. They said there, as if it meant something, that we should be known as racing stable ladies. We all think now that’s the wrong title. We’re stable .girls and no'more—until one of us gets a ride in the Derby.” The “stable girl” is not unknown at Tiiccarton, Wingatui, and elsewhere in New . Zealand. The equestrienne has usually light hands and is generally kind and considerate to animals in her charge.