SPORTING

Manawatu Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 278, 2 December 1907, Page 5

SPORTING

FEILDING meeting -

BROUGHT ™* UL CONOLU&&>.

LARGE FIELDS, GOQb SPORT

TWO BIG DlTlDE^m

(By "Augsrr."' The outstanding features otf concluding day of Felildins Club's Spring Meeting on* Safrwrdsfiy were glorious weather, large fiWd's-, good sport, a mile and a-qnarter run in 2.8, little or no inconsistent fcscmdisclosed, a bad bungle over the last race in which saddle-cfotlis' did uflt? tally with tote numbers,, and finally,, unsatisfactory control of tflie bar'': rier. i

A mix-up over the last event caused no end of dissatisfaction. It was very fortunate it occurred! Ib the concluding event otherwise it woald have been more ; serioiiß, but it was quite bad enough. The nominations received for the Hack Scurry totalled 31', wliicfi were put in the book unnumbered. Eight of these were withdrawn leaving 23 horses to go to the post. The totalisator arranged its numbers in se-

quence after

taking Out the names"

of the eight horses not running;. When the 23 boys went to scale fchey were given saddle-cloths corresponding with numbers 1 to 81, numbered straight through. The first horse-

withdrawn was number 4 and the

machine made the next horse- that number. Then number 7 was withdrawn which put the next six starters back two numbers. Then number 14 was out and the next six horses were eaoh three numbers back on the maohine, and so> on. The mistake .was discovered some

;ime before the race started but too

late to rectify as there was already a considerable Sum on v the maohine. Mr Hartgill, the judge, personally checked everyone of the 23 boys who came to scale to make quite sure they* were, wearing, their right colors. . When thd race had been ran Mr Hartgill put ; up the,saddle cloth numbers carried by the first three horses .past tne post. They were * 16, 8, 3. The trouble soon started. First of all a large seotion of the crowd were on very good terms with themselvesaim bfer "16 en the«tote being Axite who was one of the best backed horses in the race, but when

it became known that Axite had not won but Ikon, who was nu'mber 18 on. the machine and not Neke Atu, jwho Was number' 8 oh the machine, was Buoyant, who was number 6 on the machine who had run second, the fat,was in the flre.V Indignation and excitement, much of it of a ridiculous' not-stopping-to-think order, freely prevailed. There were doubt-

less many legitimate cases where persons' intentions were defeated by the unfortunate, mistakebut in the large majority w cases Kit wafc pure; cussedneßs. .Probably there would have been less misunderstanding pver the matter if <Mr Hartgill had been supplied with a book contain-

ing the.numbers .as put up on the totalisator and transposed the 16 and 8 to 18 and 6 when sending them up from the box and then the two Would have agreed, but, even then, a number of backers would have pro-

bably discovered an imaginary grievance.

The principal event, the Manchesjer 'Handicap, was lite the same event last Tear—run at a very solid pace and the 10 furlongs left behind in 2.8. Moral, who, is evidergtly a clinking good hotse carried the same freight (8.9) asDouche did when the same fast time was recorded. Moral proved ;himself a brilliant finish?? being hard ridden over the last three furlongs. That , popular sport,, Mr "W. Murray* was heartily congratulated upon his well-deserved success. Moral, it !is said, will be shortly taken over "to tjie other side. The backers of two of the starters in this event, had good cause for dissatisfaction, both Sandix and Chatterer remaining at the barrier and taking no part in the race whatever. That Chatterer should later,in-the day come out and win a Welter race caused considerable surprise and quite'a number : failed; to notice that she had' tfot raced previously "in the day. A longer price was consequently seoured. There were . two falls during the day but in.; neither case'were the results serious. In the open hurdles the .successful rider, Jack O'Connell, was introduced to mother earth by Assayer toppling oyer at the next to last fence, while in the Hack Scurry Lady Adair stuck her .tpes ito and bucked her rider, C. Price, off.

Two big surprises were effceted in the Hack Hurdles and Scurry by Pantaloon and Ikon both returning

handsome dividends. One punter Secured three tickets on Pantaloon by mistake and did his best to part with them, but not succeeding had the pleasure of taking something over a century out of the machine in conseqnenoe Tbe sum of £14,629 was handled by the totalisator as against £13,212 for corresponding day last year. The machine total for the two days was £27,418 as against £26,658 for 1,906 Spring Meeting. Mr Edmund Goodbehere and his secretarial staff are to be congratulated upon the general conduct of the 'meeting, with one exception, the concluding event. Results

ORK STAKES, of 150 sovs; 6 furlongs

E. J. Watt's Moriarty, ty*

Merriwee —Moira, 8 10 (D. Pricfe) Hon. J. D. Ormond's Oxton,

8.0 (L. Wilson) .. .. Mr T. Messena's Waipaku, 6.13

(McKay) 8 Also stbrted: St. Claimer, Contender, Bunyan, and Splendid Idea. Moriarty and Contender were quickest to begin while Bunyan and Splendid Idea, . who had been play-ing-up, got left. The field was bundled on the bend but in the home straight Moriarty drew awav and won comfortably by a length and a-half, same distance between second and third. Time, 1.15 2-5.

NIKAU HACK, of lOOsovs; 6 furlongs. Mr T. Messena's Motoa, by Conqueror — Marrionette 8.13 (McKay) 1 Mr F. Moore's Catapult, 8.13 (R. Cameron) .. 2 Mr E. W. Collins's Greenleaf, 7.8 (T. Carroll) 8 Also ran: Tupono, Probability, San Fernando, Pearlie, Miss Yera, Tarina, Honyhnhmn, Wharekura, Tan San. The field moved off in Indian file, with Motoa and Tarina at the head of it. These two led on to the turn but Motoa soon had made a clear gap and led into the straight. Catapult was the only one to throw out a semblance of a challenge but

Mofcoa easily held his own and won by two lengths. Greenleaf came fast from the distance and finished within a length of Catapult. Time, 1.15 2-5.

MANCHESTER HANDICAP, of SOOsqvs; miles. Mr W. Murray's Moral, by The Possible—Fair Nell, 8.9 (D. Kemp) 1 Mrs P. Scally's Irish Rifle, B.G S. Reid) S Mr H. Whitney's Saga, 6.13 (Hatch) J ,All started but Frisco. As the field swept past the stand Irish Rifle l ed just clear of William and RifleGoing down the back IrisJ: was right out by himself with S&. 'am his nearest attendant. Oe mm. ue begd Irish Rifle still held sw 4 but Moral was fast over> CTffiiwittA im. At the distance Mora! tttwilmgiA. ■, Rifl e an^ f finishing it " on > won fairly comfort £i' vF agth and a-half, tin ably by a'- between second anc mme; dist&mw was fourth. Time tftnrd.- UenaJfeo nanua , 'wrdles, l'oOfcovs _■ Mff.K. McKenziVff Sentt Chief: Oommsmdlefr-Hfci ' i 11.3'(tjJelford) ... -> oaTl ' Mir J&. MeMtcfeeu's Le< h ' ~ Pritchard? ... ;'g " Mfc J. Br Adeane's'Pto&ftcl!, 11. < (!W. Yotmg) Also ran:: Asteroid, Gold! Dn. j Assayer:. Sea Sim l , as usual, sefr <m to make his own pace, elosely followed by Assay or and Asteroid. I SenSimiand Assayer, with Pnshlal handy, were- si?ill in front going! down the backv At the last fence but one Assayer toppled oyer, leading Sen Sim out by himself. Push-' ful moved up and failed to make any impression on the lfeader, who won' easily by three lengths. Le Beau came fast from the distance and tan into second place. Time; 8.17 d-3. RONGQTEA HACK HURDLES, -of . lOOsovs, t%. miles. Mr F. King's Pantaloon, by Martini Enfield — Queens-, borough, 9.5 (T. Pine) .. . I Mr R. Knox's Royal Blue, 1J; 5 (Jno. O'Connell) 1 .. . . 2 Mr W. Davie's Pardon, 90. (A,

McGonnon)

All started. Liberator and Tatura acted as pace makers over the first mile when Liberator dropped baok and Showman moved tip and abreast Taura ran on to the home bend in front. Half ronnd the turn Pantaloon moved up fast passing the lead' ers and going on soon had a snbatantial margin. .Royal Bine came with a strong rnn at the finish bnt had no: chance of reaching Pantaloon who won very easily by three lengths, W'th another gap , between second and third. Time, 2.52 8-5. - ; . WELTER HACK PLAT, of lOOsovs, 1 mile and distance. ' '

Mrs J. Brill, jnr.'S Belario, by The Officer—Sprite, B.x 1(A ' Olliver) J .. !.. .. ; J .,!;V4Mr T. O'Neill's Daisy Paxil, 9.6; (D. Price) .. •.. ;.; 2 Mr H. McManaway's Speciosa,.' t 8.2 (R. Cameron) . . j 8 ; All started. Speciosa' and Routine were in frdiifc passing the'stand. 'At the baok Speciosa got a break ota the field but came baclc to them on the home bend. The 'fkiish from the distance was a keen orle which Belario and Daisy Paxil had all to themsevles, the formed gettinig-the verdict by the smallest margin. Time, 1.57 1-5. RAILWAY WELTER, of 150aovs;

7 furlongs. My J. Armstrong's Chatterer, St. Andrew—Whisper, 9.9 (G. Price) . , .. . t 1 Mr J. Ooyle's The Stake, 9.0 (A.

Olliver) .. .. .. , ... 0 Mr G. P. Donnelly's The Rand, . 8.11 (E. Rae) .. .. . .....i Z All started but Contender. After some trouble at the barrier .ib.went up to an uneven dispatch. of which The. Stake had the best. . At the half-mile post Gawain took up; the running followed by Marfcyrium «d(1 lied round the turn.; At the distance. Gawain x'etired and The. Stake, Chatterer and The Rand dTew out. In a slashing finish Chatterer won by the shortest of heads with The Rand a bare half-length away. Time, 1.29 2.-5. MAIDEN HACK SCURRY, of 100

sovs; 5 furlongs. Mr A. iF. Douglas's Ikon, by San Fran — Nymph, 9.0 (T. O'Brien) .. .. 1 Mr Sydney Harrison's Buoyant, '9.0 (C. Jackson) .. 2 Mr G. Green's Windage, 9.0 (A. , ! Olliver) .. .... .. 8 Scratched: Orisis. Orucinella, Bonny Doon, Penates, Tane Kahia, Flying Wind, Fond Memory, Night mare. Buoyant" was in front most of the way but at the distance was joined by Ikon who, after a good finish, won by half a length,with a length between Becond and third. Lady Stock well was fourth.

TAKAPUNA MEETING.

Press Association. . Auckland, Nov. 80. The results at the Takapnna Meeting held to-day were as follows;:-— • Trial Haudicap, 1 mile.—Philosopher 1, Henry Havelock 2, Escamillo 8: Time, 1.45. • .vi Oambria Handicap,: 4 furlongSt-rr Rarata 1, John 2, Roosevelt & Time, 521-osecs. ; St. Andrew's Handicapi miles. —Uranium 1, Sootty 2, Lord Seaton 3. Time, 2.11, , Maiden Hurdles, ,1%, miles and 100yds.—Lady Clements Grey Dawn 2, Omafci 8. Time; 2.58 8-5. Cheltenham furlongs.—Devonport 1, Lucrece 2, Noteorini 3. Time 1.9. Melrose Handicap,. 5M furlongs.— Veronica 1, Tito 2, Lady Dot 8. Time, 1.10. Tiri Hurdles, 1% miles.—Hautapu 1, St. Harp 2. Time, ,8.14 8-5. Pony Handicap, 5% lurlongs.— Hopscotch 1, Necktie 2, Hughie 8. Time, 1.11 1-5. " .

THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE

(By "Augur.")

Much to the delight of many that "Unholy alliance" formed between a section of the N.Z. clergy and the bookmakers to slay the tote, and which induced recent legislation, has had an effectual barrier raised against it. Fees of £40 per day (£2O each for the bookmaker and his clerk), and the lawn and grandstand tabooed, although not sounding so, mean mnch. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing and such of it as the Rev. J. J. North and his clerical assistants possess, was in the main received from a tainted source. Those of the Committee of the Feilding Jockey Club (there were several lacking backbone, I understand) who stood to their guns are entitled

to mnch oredlt from the sporting < community, and the warmest thanks of every racing clnb in the colony ' are due to the Sliding management for having put on the gloves at sucil short notice and laid their oppon<ents, not in the dust at their leet» but on that of the roadway. > ' The totalisator is the life"-blood of racing in the Dominion, it means big stakes which assist to keep racing free from stiff running, and leaveß [ other sources of receipts available for upkeep of up-to-date appoint-' ments, obtained in the first instance from the machine, and the heavy general expenses 'Uflcideßtal* to asnV auct of a race rleenng? " * _ It is an open secret that <the admission of the bookmakers td compete I against .the tote for the patronage of the speculation which goes on ori bnr racecourses was generally regarded by one seotion of the Unholy Alliance as only a means to an end* Th6y communed with themselves thus—-Let us use the bookmaker to slay the tote,,and when they have . done that, then we will slay ,them. They no doubt conscientiously believed that they were acting for the best, but they don't know, and in endeavouring to deal with various evils in New Zealand they have similarly failed through lack of full understanding both of what they at* tacked and the best methods of regulation. The more one section of any community attempts to diofcatel to another so' - niuch the greater will be the determination of the attacked to defend its nrivileges That is human nature. It will be a Ad day for the Dominion if it ever rife . *9 extremes on either Bide. , six i l ., older : countries than ours bare v : Wit-By- bitter experience fruit ' *°' dHv© out of sight ok ln f e ? » suppressed' avilvwlK efforfcs >t control proc\ Pf satisfactory rebuts.; For instance X the racing matter no decent man gamWing.Wtt^ 9^®l^.l^® ll ' test the most agi, ? st L°^ en Priv , < vately indulge in \ >as Tattersalla' drawingfif show, .as *?P eti P events, > in Australia have there Wfts- jhypoerisy, qV part of the "pMitan T 'i members °* P&rliamentwho./voted for the. r etprp.6f . the bookmakers to attack Jihe tote. •-4