RACING AND TROTTING.

Grey River Argus, 18 June 1927, Page 3

RACING AND TROTTING.

ASCOT GOLD CUP. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, June 16. The Ascot Gohl Cup resulted:— Foxlaw 1 Altay 2 Dark Japan 3 Eight started. Won by two lengths. ENGLISH RULE AMENDED. (Received June 17 at 8 p.m.) (Times Cable.) LONDON. June 16. The Daily Mail states: —The English Jockey Club is abolishing the rule by which an owner running two or more horses in one race may make a declaration that he intends to win with one, whereupon the jockey riding the other may pull up. The substituted rule provides that every horse must run on its merits. GENERAL* notbs. The Southland owner, Mr W. T. Hazlett, will probably have a strong team racing at Trentham next month. The horses may he sent to Ricearton to finish off their preparation and after racing at Trentham they will return for the Grand National meeting. Frenchman wil be in the party, to compete in steeplechases, while Paris. Irish, and Father O’Flynn may assist in flat

The Memsahib case is causing a good deal of comment in the north. It is stated that the chief stipendiary steward, Mr J. M’Mahon, intends lodging an appeal against the decision of the Auckland 'District Committee, which lifted the disqualification from Mr M. Wells, the owner of the horse, but allowed that of the rider to stand.

The Christchurch Press reports that a strong contingent of Canterburytrained horses figure in the acceptances for the Auckland trotting meeting, and the trainers and horses likely to assist arc: D. Withers (Silk Thread and Frisco Beau), J. J. Kennerley (Peter Bingen), J. N. Clarke (Asset), J. D. Smith (Avenger), E. C. McDermott (Nourmahal). A. E. Bussell (Tamerlane), AV. J. Tomkinson (Holly Boy, Vestas, Ri-c-hore, Elzear, Bell Harold and Napland), W. Warren (Countryman, D’Artagnan and Groat Earl), D. Warien (Kempton and Nantwich), R. B. Berry (Machine Gun and Roy Logan), C. Donald (Henry Logan), A. Ilen’rieksen (Cardinal Logan and Davtime), \V. T. Lowe (Trampfast), M. B. Edwards (Harold Thorpe).