ON THE TURF.

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 223, 16 August 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)

ON THE TURF.

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, Again in the Saddle. ! The well-known jockey George | Young is returning to the saddle, he ' having been granted his license by the I Australian Jockey Club. Success Brings Success. Phar Lap has indeed put the exNew Zealander R. H. Telford in the I limelight as a trainer. He has now | no fewer than thirty horses under his care. Chit Again. At the Victoria Park pony and allheights meeting in Sydney on July 26 the first division of the Maiden Handicap, of 250 sovs., six furlongs, was won by Chit, a four-year-old by. Paper Money—Marty. Chit was second favourite and won easily by two ! lengths. On the Carpet. At Canterbury Park (Sydney) the other day, in the second division of the Nursery Handicap R. S. Bagby (rider of Sargon) was fined £2, on the report of the starter, for taking up a wrong position. Different Conditions. * On Derby day at Epsom the totalisator had a turnover of 17,000 sovs. Apparently the 1,000,000 on Epsom Downs did not know anything about the totalisator, or else they preferred “the good old firm” method. Struck Form. After her recent poor efforts, Miss Pat (Acre —Sartovna) struck form at the Orara meeting on July 23 and won both the opening handicap and the President’s Handicap. Good Blood. * Starting a second favourite in the fourteen hands handicap at the Kensington ponies oh July 23, the Solferino—Sundance mare Fun and Fancy scored nicely. Sundance was by Sunny Lake from Snowana, who traces back to Musket.

Promising. Mr A. B. Williams’s cast-off, Knightlike, had his first race in Perth on July 19, when he finished fourth in, the Plate, won by Adorable. Like other New Zealand horses who have been sent to Perth, Knightlike should win races there when he strikes form. Former Blenheim Hofse. At, the Western Australian Hunt Club’s meeting in Pclrth on Saturday,' July 26, the principal race; the President’s Handicap, one/mile and a quarter, was won by the ex-Blenheim-owned Imarosebud (Romeo —Imaribbon). She carried 8.13 and won by three-quarters of a length in 2min 10 l-ssec., starting second favourite in a field of 22. On the same day the Trial Stakes was won by Mentone (Sutala —Ventura). Henna Scores. The former New Zealander, Henna, an aged mare by Kilbroney from Lady Louisa, who won several good races for F. Carmont in the North Island a couple of seasons ago, was successful In winning the President’s Handicap, one mile, on the second day of the Ballarat (Victoria) meeting on July 23. On the first day she had been second in a mile event. Dropping the Bonus. South African bookmakers have been in the habit of paying a bonus of £IOO to the owner of a winner starting at a price of 10 to one or over. Bookmakers on the land have now announced that they intend discontinuing the bonus payments, which were made from a fund contributed by the bookmakers’ association. A . similar scheme would be welcomed by Sydney owners, and they would have a greater incentive to run for prize-money with little-fancied horses. If the bookmakers benefit from the success of long shot it doesn’t harm them to reward their benefactor. But it is unlikely owners would similarly contribute to a fund to help the bookmakers out of a tight fix caused by a succession of hot favourites winning, says a Sydney paper.

Horses And Horsemen.

Jottings From Overseas.

Believed Him a Rogue. After riding Rustom Pasha in the English Derby, M. Beary expressed the opinion he was a rogue. That idea appeared to be correct when, at his next start, Rustom Pasha appeared to have the measure of Christopher Robin in the Prince of Wales Stakes at' Ascot, and declined to go on when asked for a final effort. Beary was also on him in that race, and if he rode the colt when he later won the cause it was almost compulsory as he cause it was almost compulstory as he is retained for this season by tire Aga Khan. Plunge Went Astray. Whelk, one of A. D. Webster’s New Zealand team, was heavily backed for the second division of the Maiden Race at Canterbury Park the other Thursday. The Leighton gelding was first away from an outside position, but did not get quite clear enough to come over to the rails. In the meantime Oaloo moved along smartly, and the pair then disputed every stride until well into the straight, with the result that each weakened over the last furlong. Desert Patrol, who ran prominently at Moorefield until the straight entrance, where he went off the course, came along with his well-timed run, and, responding to frequent applications of the whip, beat the pacemakers by three-quarters of a length, Whelk finishing third. He was ridden by T. Webster and his defeat was costly to the stable. Faced With Retirement. The Aga Khan’s colt Blenheim, who won the English Derby, may not run again. The recent jarring which' prevented his appearance at Sandown will probably lead to his scratching from the St. Leger. If he does not run again he will be the third Derby winner in four years to be retired after the Epsom triumph. Blenheim will go to the Aga Khan’s stud in Franco at the end of the year. It is stated that his fee will be £4OO for twenty mares for the first season, including fifteen approved from abroad.

FIVE SHILLING “TOTE” AGREED ON. MACHINE IN VICTORIA. Representatives of the Metropolitan Racing Clubs held a. conference at Melbourne recently with the Chief Secretary, Mr Tuhnecliffo, to discuss the regulations' to be made under the Totalisator Act for the control of betting on the totalisator in Victoria. Mr Tunnecliffe said that the State Ministry did not intend to interfere with the clubs in deciding the type of totalisator to be used so long as the machines suggested were accurate and efficient, and were conveniently situated and accessible to bettors. After considerable discussion the conference was unable to reach unanimity on one of the main details of the regulations, , namely, whether straight-out betting’ only or straightout and place betting should be provided on the machines. , • The conference was. unanimous that the minimum and unit of betting should be ss. Bets must be made in multiples of that sum. The money which will accumulate as a result of the operation of this Act will be paid into the dividends equalisation fund, from which the clubs will draw to make lip underpayments due to any errors in- the machines. The balance of the fund will be paid each half-year into the State Treasury.