GENERAL NOTES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 192, 4 August 1930, Page 2

GENERAL NOTES

Nominations for the Hawke’s Bny Hunt Club’s annual race meet'ng close on Friday next.

C. East wood will resume race riding at tho Grand National meeting.

Mr. W. Randell, of the Christchurch “Sun,” has been appointed sporting writer on the “Evening Post” in succession to Mr. H. Warburton, who is leaving shortly to take up a position. on the Sydney “Sun.”

Sweet Refrain was lama after working at Riccarton on Thursday. An examination showed she had split her pelvis bone, and tho ehance of her racing again is not bright at present. Tho accident is unfortunate as Wormald had her in great order, and she looked a likely winner at the Grand National meeting.

Broad Aere who won on both days at Awapuni, will remain in, tho memory ot' many as one of tho triple dead-heaters at. Trentham on the opening day of the 1928 summer meeting. The race was tho six furlongs Raupare Handicap, the final event on the da;, 's programme, and ihe horses who shared the victory with Broad Acre (9.4) were Polydcctcs (8.5), who afterwards entered D. Campbell’s stable nt Riccarton and Ganymede (7.0) who was killed a short time later. Broad Acre went on from this performance to winning his first open sprint at Woodville in ridiculously easy style, and in spite of big weights ho afterwards rnn several good races. Then he went lame, and it was not till last summer that his name began to appear among the nominations again. He won at Foxtion, and Thursday’s was his second success for the season. It was also tho very last race of the Turf year,, so that Broad Aero, who is owned by Mr. W. White, of Palmerston North, in whose colours Crown Area and Moorgas used to race, has a list of unusual achievements to his record.

Pandia, n two-ycar-old by Chief Ruler, showed a lot of pace in tho Oroua Plate at Awapuni on Thursday. She was always well up and finshed third. Pandia is trained by H. J. Batten at Foilding.

Airtight, who received a bad knock over ono of his eyes nt Trentham, is reported to have made a good recovery.

Mendip is ve-y well. He was considered by his connections to have been a bit unlucky at Trentham. Tho Bisogno gelding is in splendid condition to take on the Sydney trip, which may yet eventuate. * * * Bright Glow has resumed work nt Hawera, looking well after her spell. She will require a fair amount of work before she is in racing condition (states u Taranaki writer) and it will bo some time before tills brilliant marc is ready to face the starter.

Adventus has performed consistently this season, and looked to have a good chance in the Broadway Handicap at Awapuni on Thursday. He was always handy, but Gray had him doing his. best to score at the finish.

Omeo was a starter in the Awapuni Steeplechase on Thursday, falling at a “hencoop” after he had gone about half tho journey. Ho looked well, and may have been troublesome at the finish if he had stood up. He was not injured as the result of the mishap, and ran second in the hurdles on Saturday.

Paddon got anything but a good passage in tho Clifford Handicap at Awapuni on Thursday. Ho went away badly, and got into trouble along the back, but put in a great tun in tho straight, finishing a good third. He made amends on Saturday by capturing the distance flat event. * • • Yearlings had their last chance on Thursday at Awapuni to show their paces as such, for the dozen youngsters who sprinted down the straight in two batches all rank as two-year-elds to-day (writes “Vedette”). There were some smart-looking juveniles amongst them. As is usual in these affairs, the first homo might not be the best, but tho winner of each division shaped in an encouraging way. One of G. New’s Australian purchases, a chestnut gelding, Sir Gallant, by Top Gallant from Fustian, led the first lot home. He is a determined fellow. Both Chief Clerk and Chief Cook, by Chief Ruler from Kaiserin and Cherry Pie respectively, will make their murk later. La Poupee, by Tea Tray from Dancing Doll, may bo a good early youngster. Shu was first home in the second batch. Haulbowlmc, u black gelding by Top Gallant from Ayrmagh, was noticed doing good work at the finish behind La Poupce. Esteem, tho half-brother by Pombal to Commendation, is a showy customer, and he may not bo unlike liis relalivc as ho goes on

The report of the Auckland Racing Club, to be presented at the annual meeting on August 11th., congratulates members upon another successfill year. Prize-money contributed by the club amounted to £59,600, while in addition £340 was contributed m sweepstakes by owners. In accordance with tho committee’s Intentions expressed last year, the club’s finances had received close attention, with the satisfactory result that tho bank overdraft now stood at £8,548, as against £22,668 last year, a reduct’cn of £14,120. Tho balance-sheet shows that the receipts for the year totalled £40,392, the principal item being revenue from race meetings, £35,674. Members’ subscriptions yielded £2 715, members’ motor stalls £l5O, rents and grazing £BO7, track fees £485 ,and tea kiosk £540. Items of expenditure included salaries and pensions £2,301, wages £9,386. interest £l,B4B,land tax £1,576, rates (including water) £2284, repairs and maintenance £1,487, conference levies £1305 and donations £540. After writing off £1'2,070 depreciation on buildings, plant tea kiosk, improvements, etc., the balance of £3.839 was transferred to capital .account. Tl/c assets are shown at £143,327 including racecourse £35,346, Shortland street property £3,500, buildings (grandstands, etc.) written down from £70,101)' to £65,550, totalisator buildings and plant written down froni £19,500 to £17,500, fencing, furniture, dining room plant, turnstiles, working plant, etc., written down from £9,865 to’ £8.31)0, tea kiosk, including plant arid furniture, written down from £8,15-1 to £6,500, improvements account written down from £4,300 to £2,000, and district training tracks £2,250. On the liabilities side capital is shown at £124,750. Bank of New Zealand £8,548 and loans and deposits £!>,f3o.

Broad Acre, who ot; Thursday, as tenth down tho betting, returned a dividend little short of a score and a half, was on Saturday promoted to fourth place on tho machine and just scrambled home to pay his supporters somewhere about a fifth of Saturday’s hatful.

As on tho first day of tine Msmawatu meeting, the first event on Saturday saw a rank outsider get homo in tho last event. But, although only eighth ill demand on tine tote, (Sporting Chance’s dividend was scarcely half that paid by Broad Acre on Thursday. Sporting Chance is a brown gelding by Lackham from the Bezonian mare Signal March, and with this month he entered on his third year. As a two-year-old ho faced tho starter on ten occasions, the nearest he got to winning being in the Juvenile Handicap, five furlongs at the Wairarapa New Year meeting, when lie ran a close second to Arajean. Prior to last week’s meeting he had been off tlilc scene since taking part, us an “also started,” in the Nursery Handicap on the second day of the Manawatu autumn meeting. THE N.Z. TROTTING REGISTER. FOR LASFSEASON. We have to acknowledge receipt from the publishers, the Christchurcli Press Co., Ltd., of the New Zealand Trotting Register for the season 1929-30. As usual, this eminently useful issue covers the results of all trotting evnts run in the Dominion, as well as a great deal of information, statistical and otherwise, interesting to followers of the sport and also a complete copy of the rules as amended to date.