GENERAL NOTES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 81, 17 March 1933, Page 2

GENERAL NOTES

A final reminder is given that by 8 o’clock this (Friday) evening entries must be in for the Great Easter (seven furlongs) and Great Autumn (1J mile) Handicaps to be run at the Canterbury Jockey Club’s meeting, which will be held on Monday and Tuesday, I.7th and 18th April.

Diatomous, who appears in the Two-year-old Champion Plate at Trcntham this afternoon, bad a narrow escape from injury on Monday, when being taken from Bulls to Greatford to join the New Plymouth express. A passing iuolor-c;. ile iTightcnecl the yuungslcr

and in plunging about he came a nasty stumble. Fortunately, no apparent injury resulted and the Diacquenod colt vas put aboard the train without anything further untoward occurring. • » • Paganelli, looking none the worse for his recent strenuous programme, says a northern exchange, went steadily over a round of solid pace work on the plough. The veteran was always anxious to go faster. He has been entered for the Flying Handicap at the Bay of Plenty fixture, but the trip is to be abandoned in favour of a more ambitious programme at Palmerston North, where it is the intention of M. J. Carroll to have his charge for tiro Awapuni Cup on the opening day of the Manawatu Racing Club s autumn meeting. Paganelli’s showing over one and a quarter miles at the Waikato fixture on Saturday should ensure the Te Rapa representative giving a good account of himself at Awapuni. It is the intention of Carroll to leave on Friday with his charge.

By his fine performance at To Rapa last week Paganelli has brought his stake-earnings to five figures. He has now started in 95 races., for 30 wins and 37 minor platings, representing £lO,llß 10/- in prize-money. A feature of his remarkable record is that, although he is now erght years old, he has won more races this season than m any previous season. In the 192930 season, when he was five years old, he visited Australia and contested three races, gaining two seconds and one third, for £295 in stakes. Details are as follows: — Wins Places Unplaced Stakes

Those racegoers at To Rapa on Saturday who believe there is luck iu odd numbers, writes “M.A.T.” in the Auckland “Star,” had the chance to make a hatful of money had they known just which was going to be the lucky odd number. Five was the correct numeral to pave the way to affluence, and a modest pound note on. No. 5 each time would have shown a handsome profit on the day. The ticket on Rita’s Light after the race she won was worth over thirty of the best, and King Win’s backers received over a score for each pound. There were two other races in which No. 5 dawdled home in front showing those behind her the size she takes in shoes. Four No. s’s in one day reminds us of the bank teller who had been playing poker till the early hours of the morning. At the counter ho was feeling the way people do when troubled by seasickness, and he was as much interested in the business of the bank as a clothing manufacturer is in the Australian aboriginal. Half asleep, he stood at the counter when a customer approached and, throwing a twentypound note down, said, “Four fives.” •‘That wins'” replied the teller, as he. from force of habit, stopped down to get a few more chips.

£ Two years 2 o 2 1,050 Three years 4 5 3 1,795 2,900 Four years 6 3 — Five years 3 11 1,915 Six years 3 J io 908J Seven years n o 9 590 Eight years I 6 2 960 Totals 30 37 28 10,118J