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Northern Advocate, 19 July 1933, Page 9

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RACING FIXTURES FOB 1932-33 SEASON July. 22—Hawke's Bay Hunt Club. 22.—South Canterbury Hunt Club. 22. —Auckland R.C. 22 South Canterbury Hunt O trot). 27, 29—Gisborne E.G. 29—Christchurch Hunt Club. 2[). —Christchurch Hunt (2 trots). August. . 8, 10, 12.—Canterbury J.C. Grand National. TBOTTING. August. 5,9, 11.—N.Z. Metropolitan T.C. 26.—Auckland T.C. September. 2—New Brighton T. C. 9.—Wellington. T.C. 30.—Methven T.C. THE AUCKLAND MEETING. RECENT ARRIVALS. (Specfal to "Northern Advocate.") AUCKLAND, This Day. Omeo and Acervate, who are engaged at the Auckland meeting on Saturday arrived at Ellerslie this morning. Protomint Scratched. j Protomint was scratched for the July Handicap at 2 p.m. today. DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB. PROFIT FOR LAST YEAR. (Per Press Association. —Copyright.) DUNEDIN, This Day. The Dunedin Jockey Club, after making provision for depreciation, £1,093, and bad debts, £149, ended the year with a profit of £lO2. ACCIDENT IN HURDLES. FINDING OF COMMITTEE. j The finding of the Judicial Commit- i tee of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club regarding the accident to L. Mathieson," rider of Miss Hastings, in the Whakata Hurdle Race on. the first day of the i winter meeting on June 15, was as fol- j lows:— . |

"After hearing the evidence, we find that the accident to L. Mathieson, rider of Miss Hastings in the Whakatu Hurdle Race, was not caused by foul, careless or incompetent riding on the part of H. Dulieu, rider of Kinsel. We find the occurrence was accidental." '--The race coneei-ired was a"f6ur-horse one. Miss Hastings and Kinsel led to the last fence, where Miss Hastings! threw her rider through the guard rails. GOAT HELPS TO WIN THE OAKS, FILLY COULD NOT SLEEP ALONE. Says "Picquet" in the London "News Chronicle" on the day after the Oaks was run;— But for the reposeful influence of the company of a goat on a filly".? highly-strung temperament the Oaks would probably never have been won by Chatelaine in the colours of a well-kuown London business man, Mr Ernest Thornton-Smith.

His trainer, Fred Templeman, leased the filly for her racing career from Mr C. M. Prior, and after she- came to his stables at Laniboum she developed the pernicious habit known as "weaving." Instead of sleeping soundly like ihe "Derby. winner, she would walk round her box all night and would wear down a well-defined circle in her straw bed. Lonesome nights. Everything was tried to cure her, but to no purpose, until her train-?r had the idea that she might be lonely, and put a goat in her box at nights. She fell in love with the goat, and when it slept she slept. She became cured, and the goat was taken away. Again she began "weaving," and spent more restlass nights. The goat was put back; she began to sleep again. Since then the goat has acted the part of Mary's little lamb. As a racehorse who does not rest is worthier, that goat may be said to have won the Oaks for Chatelaine and her owner.