TOPICS of the TURF

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 145, 22 June 1939, Page 5

TOPICS of the TURF

OTAKI ACCEPTANCES Per Press Association. OTAKI, June 20. Acceptances for the Otaki meeting, to be held on Saturday, are as under: — -urirrunn UirlT Jll'Hm.FS nf £l*o-

Eruption » u A DOUBTFUL CONCESSION An unusual point is raised by a remit from the Wairoa Racing Club, to the New Zealand Racing Conference. At present no paid servant of any racing club, including the totalisator staffs, is permitted to race a horse at any meeting in the Dominion. By the deletion of the word “any” in the rule the Wairoa Club desires to confine the restriction to the club at which such person is engaged for payment. If this amendment is allowed, the secretary of a club, for example, would be permitted to own and race horses at any meeting except his own. GRAND NATIONAL MEETING Nominations will close on Friday for the principal events at the Canterbury Jockey Club’s Grand National meeting. The races which require attention are the Grand National, Beaufort and Lincoln Steeplechases, Grand National and Sydenham Hurdles and Winter Cup. JOCKEYS FOR TE AWAMUTU The following riding engagements have been announced for the Waipa Racing Club’s Winter Meeting at Te Awamutu on Saturday: — C. G. Goulsbro; Balinavar, Spinning Wheel, British Nation, Besiege or Te Monowai, Sieglinde. H. N. Wiggins: Tea Gong, Gay Rebel, Kaceline, Bronze Moth. D. Craddock: Pyrenees, High Tea. M. Ritchie: King Musk, Electric Flash, Tutor. A. C. Messervy: Star Vaal. J. H. Mcßae: All Irish, Lucidus. H. Turvey: Chikara. R. K. Smith: Mahala. G. Gilchrist: Mon Acre. R. Sargent: Every Port, Airam, Eastern Heir. L. Dulieu; PrivaL J. Day: Gascyne, Sergia. M. Amundsen: Rothoon. W. Thomson: Very Glad. R. E. Thomson: Celtic Lad. A. Gilmer: Erination, Loombination. R. E. Thomson: Celtic Lad.

INCREASE IN BETTING THE RETURNS With returns for meetings held it May, June and July to be added, the amount put through the totalisatore at meetings under the Rules of Racing during the first nine months of the current season totalled £4,777,929 10s. In addition, the sum of £171,989 was invested in trotting events on racing club programmes. For the corresponding period of the 1937-3$ season, the respective amounts invested were £4,298,265 on galloping events and £155,234 on trotting races. The aggregate betting for the year was nearly £5,290,000, which figure is sure to be substantially exceeded by July 31. COST OF SUPERVISION The cost of the stipendiary stewards to the racing clubs in New Zealand lor the year ended May 31, 1939, wa« 13,695 13s 4d, as compared with £3.093 16s 6d for the corresponding season last year, and of racecourse inspectors £4,151 3s 6d, as against £3,993 11s 2d. This is an average of about £32 14s a uay. Salaries paid to the office staff of the conference amounted to £2,782 7s 9d, as compared with £2,754 13s Id last year. MAIDEN RACES AT TRENTHAM The Trial Plate to be run on the second day of the Wellington meeting is for horses that, before the time of starting, have not won a race exceeding the value of £IOO to tho winner. The same conditions apply to the Novice Handicap on the third day, excepting that this race is for two and 'hrae-vcar-olds onlv.

DANNEVIRKE HUNT CLUB ANNUAL MEETING WEIGHTS DECLARED Handicaps for the Dannevirke Hunt Club’s annual meeting, to be held on the Dannevirke racecourse on Saturday week, have been declared as under:—

ORINGI HACK HURDLES, of £6O; lb miles. Master Hector 9a3 Koyal Lack 9 0 Umpire 911 Whakao 9 0 First Chapter 910 Defray 9 0 Sir Nigel 9 9 Golden Te Morehu 9 7 Memory 9 0 Kohika 9 2 Tigreterre 9 0 Hunting Lore 9 2 Harbour Bar 9 0 Gascon 9 0 Ayrsleigh 9 0 Liberal Star 9 0 Ebb and Flow 9 0 TAKAPAU NOVICE STAKES, of £SO; 5 furlongs. Split Second 8 7 Diogenes „ The Smiler 8 7 colt g. 8 i lnchkeith 8 7 Bronze Lad 8 7 Waitahora 8 7 Cherry Picker 8 7 Huntsman's Te Oriko 8 7 Chorus 8 7 Manteau 8 7 Joculator f. 8 7 Colibri 8 7 Defray 8 7 Clavercourt 8 7 Hunting Juliette 8 7 Moments 8 7 Madonna 8 i Twilight Song 8 7 Eola 8 7 Evening Glow 8 7 Kaiwaka 8 7 Big Wave 8 7 Tideway 8 7 Colossal Chief 8 7 Waglinde 8 7 DANNEVIRKE HUNT CUP STEEPLECHASE, of £6O and £lO cup; about 2b miles. Prosy Boy 10 7 Speirson 9 0 Blue Tiger 10 5 Indiscreet 9 0 Gwen 10 0 Liberal Star 9 0 Umpire 9 H Tigreterre 9 0 Taumau 9 10 Mirtallo 9 0 Adventus 9 9 Barney 9 0 Kohika 9 2 Harbour Bar 9 0 Airflow 9 0 Bang Bang 9 0 Master B.g. by Sky Turbine 9 0 Blue—Le Helaria 9 0 Page mare 9 0 RAKAIATAI HACK HANDICAP, of £6O; 6 furlongs. Shining Hours 9 3 Haile Selassie 8 1 Lucullus Boy 8 13 Miss Quilp 812 Waitarere 8 0 Royal Tinge 811 Marsyas 8 0 Screen Star 8 8 Huntsman s Colincamps 8 6 Chorus 8 0 Lindrum 8 2 Colin 8 0 Little Dorrit 8 2 Waglinde 8_ 0 KAITOKE HANDICAP (Open), of £.o; 14 miles. ' Hunting Cat 9 0 Diamond Middle 8 8 Cutter 712 Mataroa 8 8 Hunting Mint 711 Soho 8 4 First Chapter 7 7 Reipar 8 2 Sir Nigel 7 7 Granvale 713 Royal Tinge 7 7 Stella Lux 7 7 AKITIO LADIES’ BRACELET, of £4O; gentlemen riders; H miles. Kohika 11 32 Ngaitahu 31 0 Gladium 11 5 Full o’ Spirit H 0 Tideway 11 5 Geelong 11 0 Inheritance 11 3 Rover’s Joy 31 0 Lacan 11 0 Reawanoa 31 0 Moonlight Royal Toast 11 0 Bay 11 0 Indiscreet 11 0 GREENHILLS HACK CUP HANDICAP, of £75 and £lO cup; 1 mile and 1 furlong. Hunting Mint 9 5 Colin 8 0 Morning Flight 9 3 Elettra 8 0 Le Toquet 9 0 Laughinsr Roval Tinge 812 Chief 8 0 Seyfried 8 7 Waitahora 8 0 Screen Star 8 7 Inheritance 8 0 Guiding Light 8 7 Cuddler 8 n The Ring 8 5 Gascon 8 0 Huniing Royal 8 3 Twilight Song 8 n rolonel Bogey 8 2 Richelieu Pearl 8 0 Larwood 8 2 Master Hector 8 o Marsvas 8 0 Cherry Picker 8 0

Dunmanway 8 0 TO TURKEY A few years ago the Soviet Government sent commissioners to England and Ireland to make extensive pur* chases of thoroughbreds stallions and mares. Now report comes from England that the Turkish Government has recently made similar purchases, mainly of brood mares. A consignment all in foal to leading stallions and most of them with foal at foot, recently left Liverpool for Smyrna. It was the largest shipment of its kind ever made from England to Turkey.

PUKEHOU HACK HURDLES, of £13 ); li miles. Erebus 11 7 All Blood 9 3 L. usual 10 8 Far East 9 juisurma 10 6 Sunbeam 0 Artful Dodger 10 Royal Lack 9 0 Good Sun 10 Gascon 9 • Chat 10 Ruadina y 0 Taumau St 5 Golden 9 5^1 Memory 9 0 W AIKANAE HACK SCURRY, of £100; & furlongs. Bourmond 8 7 Royal Lassie 8 7 Colibri 8 7 Silver Spear 8 7 Defy 8 7 Telamon 8 7 Doctor Defoe 8 7 Valiant Lady 8 7 Came Pit 8 7 White Foam 8 7 Hunting Gaylord 8 7 Squire 8 7 Saxori Tor 8 0 Kaiwaka 8 7 Black Majesty 0 Kincora 8 7 Classform 8 0 Lady Cygnus Lady Baron Los Andes 8 8 8 7 Madonna 8 g 0 0 7 Rollaway 8 0 Parian 8 7 Sir Crusoe 8 0 Peach King 8 7 Wings of Song 8 0 Richelieu Pearl 8 7 Lady Tinkle 8 0 TA T1MI KARA HANDICAP, of £250; 11 miles. 10 Meamea 9 0 Sylvanus 7 Might 8 7 Corroboree 7 10 Hunting Cat Tidewaiter 8 2 7 7 S 0 Rotoma 7 7 Rustem 7 12 Cricket 7 7 Mataroa RANGIURU HACK AND HUNTERS' STEEPLECHASE, of £130; about miles. Artful Dodger 10 4 Lactose 9 6 0 Lady Callaghan 10 1 Raparahara 9 0 o TAIPITA HANDICAP, ol £200; Export 9 6* Lord Moutoa 8 3 Lowenbarg 8 10 Saki 8 Yours Truly 8 8 Debham 8 C Matoru 8 7 Diamond Sporting Gift 8 7 Cutter 8 0 Aureus 8 3 Ruling Spl 8 0 OHAU HACK HANDICAP, of £120; 1 mile and 55 yards. 8 8 El Meynell Colfort 9 9* iSpeedfast TLittle Robin 0 0 Flying Acre 9 Etzel 8 0 Happy Heels Aurora’s Star 8 9 Cuddler 8 0 8 6 Titter Girl Pat Royal Show g 0 0 Youssipof Regicide 8 4 8 Stella Lux 8 2 Floral Robe 8 0 Larwood 8 2 Renascor 8 Colonel Bogey 8 Yed Prior 8 Maturity 8 Haupongi TAINUI HACK HANDICAP, of £izu 6 furlongs. Shining Houra 9 3 Phil 8 Qullp 8 12 Cushla's Last 8 0 Literal's Mint 8 11 Doctor Defoe 8 0 Rarotonga Screen Star 8 8 8 Golden Enterprise 8 0 Con version 8 War Cloud 8 Colincamps 8 8 Royal Show 8 0 AVhite Rajah 8 4 Revival Mother-In-Law 8 De Bretto 8 Miss Eurotas 8 AVaitarere 8 0 Great Bramble 8 0 Maturity Night Eruption 8 8 0 0 Richelieu Pearl 8 0