SPORTING

Grey River Argus, 15 August 1944, Page 6

SPORTING

PAKURANGA H.C. ACCEPTANCES.

At the Pakuranga Hunt Club’s annual meeting to be held at Ellerslie, next Saturday, the Sylvia Park Handicap will be divided into two separate races, provisions for divisions to be made in each. The acceptances are as follows: —

Greenmount Hunters’ Steeplechase £4OO, 2i miles.—Moftna 9.10, Jill 9.8, Cornado, King’s Cross, Bronzemor, Waiwainui, Snow Day, Wong Foo, Tamakau, Colonel Plato, Sir Inness,, Cachuchu, Dinkum Pal 9.3. Harris Memorial Hack and Hunters' Hurdles, £4OO, IS miles. —WUdore 11.0, Travancore 10.5, Good Armour 9.11, Rich Blood, Sir Cameron 9.5, Suipai 9.2, Scram, Classic, New Battle 9.1, Nettarion, Surtoy, Antenor, Sir Isaacs, Sir Fox 9.0. Jellicoe Handicap, £650, 1 mile— British Mint 9.0, Monte Cristo 8.1%, Colonel Vaals 8.12, British Talent, Foxsen, Abbey Fox 8.4, Town Survey, Sir Dingle, Marble Fox 8.2, Babrow 8.1, Tiger Tan 8.0, La Fillette 7.9, Ballyneety, Sir Dink, Gentry, . Sir Reynard, Royce, Dependable, Prince Rewa, Ernada 7.0. Pakuranga Hunt Cup, £lO5O, about 3 m ii es .—Abbey Lu 11.5. Surpeen 11.2, Bisquit 10.11, Forest Glen, Fekoe 10 0, Hessketoon 9.10, Hunting Crnet 9.7, Flylite 9.5, Rich Blood 9.0, Dinkum Pal. Bronzemor, Cornaro, HacKenschmidt, Show Dav, Rival, Waiwainu, Wong Foo 9.0. First Svlvia Park Handicap (first division). '7 furlongs: St- Leon . 9 ' 7, Vorkish 8.11, Malagtmna 8.4, Richelieu. Bueno 8.1. Whirlwind Star, Mollie Bon. Ranhael, Kina Lume, Collect. Park Royal, Homespun Default. Abar’s. Lysander’s Last, Pale Moon, Rangiriri 8.0. Second division: Black Renarde 812 Victory Lass, Korotangi 8.4, Two Pals 8.1. Hayduk, Happv Vaals. Shepherd’s Mate, Brome, Embassy, Flying Eagle. Beau Volo, Auto Lad, Just Ora,, Vai Pere, Theoress, Hunting Gold, Sir Leon 8.0. Brackets: Raphael and Brome, K’ng Lume and Embassy, Collect and Flying Eagle, Park R’oyal and Beau Volo, Homespun and Auto Lad, Default and Just Ora, Abaris and Vai Pere, Lysander’s Last and Theoress, Pale Moon and Hunting Gold, Rangiriri an f ] Sir Leon. Second Sylvia Park Handicap, 7 furlongs: First div'sion: Coronaire 812, Waiting 8.3. Night Mist 8.2, Rampede, Great Pleasure, Firm Lass, Wee Mite, Dukedom, Sir Desmond, Ballynokane, Royal Musk, Beau Siri, Lightmint, Beaucoup, Winstake, Broieform, Steel Plate 8.0. Second division: Fight On 8.7, Odvaals 8.3. Corsac 8.2, His Grace, Chat Money, The Fake, Golden F’ay, Sund, Merry Brierlv, Seafire, Potomac, Commissar, Gay Count, Callinan, Donald Dhu, Dollar Money 8.0.

Brackets: Sund and Sir Desmond, Merry Brierly and Ballynokane, Seafire and Royal Musk, Potomac and. Beau Siri, Commissar and Lightmint, Gay Count and Beaucoup, Callinan and Winstake, Donald Dhu and Broieform. Dollar Money and Steel Plate.

Webster Handicap, £4OO, 11 miles— Gold Land 11.8, Sporting Gold, Diagonal 11.6, Ramillies 11.2, New Battle, Bronze Night 10.9, Our Gold 10.8, Peterhead, Dinkum Pal, Water Flight, Faris, Nancy Boswells, Glyn Dwyr, Laay Stan, Tamaku, Esmonde, Extra, Jill, Last Survey, Bronzemor 10.7, Admiralty Handicap £5OO, 6 furlongs.—Kentish 10.4, British Mint 9.4, Colonel Vaals 9.3, My Bonnie, Navrose 9.0, Sir Standfast 8.12, Abbey Fox 8.9, Artificer 818, Tiger Tan 8.5, Rara Avis, Dinki Di 8.1, Billy Peach, Altress, Phaler.qn Sign, Yes Tor, Royce, Verdant, Fight On, Roman Duke, Peter Gregor, St. Leon, Hunting King, Heroic Star 8.0. AUCKLAND TOTE FIGURES AUCKLAND, Aug. 14. The fact that taxation was still a very heavy burden on the sport of racing was emphasised this afternoon by Mr E. Nicholson, president of the Auckland Racing Club, ! n the annual address to members. For the nine days’ racing during the past season £152,780 had been collected frotfi the club by the Government. Of this, the tctalisator tax accounted for £79,403 and dividend tax £69,474. Mr Nicholson added that the net profit for the year, £4678 would again be distributed for patriotic purposes. Fresh records have been experienced in tote investments, both as to single race and the daily and yearly turn-over On the Auckland Cup £53,616 was invested, and the amount for eight events on Box'ng Day was £229,157 The "rand total for nine days of the year was £1,588,073 an increase over the previous year of £224.402.