Totalisator Turf Topics.

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 99, 24 May 1902, Page 21

Totalisator Turf Topics.

By 'Krect-Card.

For the upeiuug da\ ut the AYeiiington Tiotting Club's autumn meeting, on Satin da\ last the weather was cold and showeiy The attendance was wr\ meagre only about n\e hunched pci sons bra\mg the elements. The lacmg «as fan and e\ ervtlung was done h\"the sceietarv and the officeis of the dub to make the meeting a. success. Altogether. 1800 w ais put through the totalizator, tickets on e\ en lace being Ids The going was \m hea\ \ and aft ,i consequence no fast time wa-s leroidFoi tlie Tnal Handicap the opening e\ent on the caid, a held of ten tned conclusions, \ icton msting with tlie locally-owned Zmska, who was ridden bv her ownei Mr W T Whittakoi An outsidei, in Peiewhiti, gained mxoik! money the ta\ounte Lady Biook finlUmig third The w inner paid 23s and backers of the second lioise lecened £/ 17s. King Geoige had no difficult in settling has opponents in the Railwa\ Handicap for which he was made favounte BLook Rose and Jessie L weie mduleed with the lead for about a mile, when the favourite went through his field, and <>asil\ landed the stake Cobwastiottingwell at the finish, and managed to secure second beith from Jessie L The dividend on the winnei was 245. Mr F Murhtt proMded the winnei of the six-furlong Pom Race, m Pukioie. The Hutt-trained Shamrock lost several lengths at the stait, and then secuied third place. The winner and Dickraced together from the stait and the toimpi had little difficult- in lea\mg his opponent in the straight The tame occurred was lmm 32\sec and the di\ idend wa& 19 1The big handicap attracted a held of h\e competitor few u Inch Black Child was made. faiounte, closely followed m public estimation by Czarina. The third time round. Lady Retford went to the front, and parsed the winning post eight lengths ahead of Czanna after whom came the fa\ounte. The winner lewarded her supporteis with a dividend of £3 ">«. Zinski was- once more to the toie m the District Handicap for which he was accorded most support. SleeAehnk. who finished second, led for o\ei a mile, when tlie favourite easily passed ham. and. trotting kmdh , succeeded in leachmg the judge's box b\ half-a-dozen lengths The dividend on Zinski v,a.s 18s. and that on Sleevehnk £1 14s Shamrock turned the tables on Pukion in the Second Pony Handicap run o\erse\en tui longs and had to undeigo a protest for doing so but the stew avefe decided m favoui of the judge's placmcr The winnei paid a dividend of 17s and backers of the second hoise received 4s. Foui staited m the Dash Handicap, for which Macciuane and Leda weie about equal fa\ ountos Polly II on the 22sec mark made e\ ory post a winning one and made no lace of it She returned hoi hackers £3 7s The largest held of the day contested the F.lectnc Handicap-the last (^ ent on the programme The race wah decided m semi-darkness, and lesulted in the two favourites fighting out the nnlsh, Sdvercliffe eientualh beating Lad^ Retfoid by a length and a-half Dividends, l"s and (>s * * * The first of the wmtei gathenngs eventuates on Saturday, the conwncmg giound being Takapuna Capital acceptances ha\c been received, and. given fine weather a good daA's snoit should be witnessed As space will not permit me to go extensively into the handicaps, I shall just glance through them, and ti\ to select probable wmnei s For the Birthday Handicap the big event of the day, Highlandei is at the head of the list with 9st 2lb He has caught it hot for his success at A\ondale. but still the field opposed to him is not very high-class and I shall expect him to run well Military has a harnh weight m 7st 4lb, and should he take it into his head to gallop will be hard to heat Taplow is given a chance with 7st 101 band. perhaps he will liin better than he did at A\ ondale Fonmula has been sold since the weights appeared, so I don't think she will see the post. To sum ur> mv vote goes to Highlandei with Mihtaiv and Hesper in the places

Ca\,ilieio heads the handicap toi the bio- Inn dies, with 13st bib but I think lite mission will he the VR C. wmtei meeting so I do not locommend Jmn Piinces-s of Thulo and Mais ha\e both lraiuh weights, and the same can be said of Dingo Firefh , should he hajve made any liupicn emont since Aiondale, looks to have a ios\ chance with 9st on Ins back, and I shall pm nu faith to him, with Pi in cess ot Thule and Mam to (in ide second mone\ Fifteen owneis ha\e cne.il content with the handicappei's adjustments for the Steeplechase, but as se\ eral lwn c ( u°<ig( imiits in the Huidl.-s the held will piobabK be considoiabh leduced On paper Cannongate looks as well as am thing, and next to him I like Dingo and Tan-agon. Foi the Rtn.il Handicap, some m>i\ speech one", aie engaged, and tins lace should be well worth seeing On foim at A\ondalo, I select Numa to win. ami I think lms most dangerous opponent will be Anchorite and Gold Web. Tn the Maiden Steeplechase, Puni looks as irelj as anj thing, and next to him I fancy Bellman and Hectoi Se\eial new -chum candidates ha\ c accepted for the Maiden Hurdles, amongst whom aie Reclaimei Mraei, Medalhus, .md others, and as they can all gallop fast on the Hat. the winner will probab- |\ come fiom among them if they can onl\ pet over the sticks. In selecting Reclaimer to win. I do so in the hope that he will prove lust as successful o\er the sticks as he is on the flat Next to lum I like the Miner and Sudden. \uitu (should lie start) looks the host ot aood thines for the Maiden Plate, and next to him Mara and Drudge read well Fust Wlusner looks as good as an\thing in the- Pom Race, and probably she and Uka.s will fight out the finish Yen unpiopitious weathei »asexpeiienced tor the A&hbuiton races, winch took place la.st week, but, notwithstanding thus, speculation was, fanlv busk. Although the fields weie &ma,ll, the lacmg was cm tJie whole in tei e<stmg Bill Perkins, on his form at the- C'hnstchurch Racing Club's meeting, wa.s made a shghth bettei favouaitc than Whnlwmd in the Flying Handicap, but had to be content with second moue\ t,ho daughtei of Stepmak and Tempest easih holdina him safe in the uui home. Foi the big eA ent o-f the t!<i\ — the Ashbuiton Handicap— a field ot nine fated the bamei amongst them being Sieo-e Gun the la,st of the F -ailties He finished out of a place, but doubtless, will impro\e laU'i on. The winnei turned up m Cameo, who won In a head after an exciting stiuggle up the stiaight with Huku. That his success was not anticipated is evidenced h\ the dnulend -40 — which he paid Medallion's son has not won a lace foi the last tweht* months, although he has started se\eral times, and his victory was due A full brother to Fashion, in Furious made his appeal ance m the Laghmor Plate, and succeeded m annexing the .stake. Getting well awaA, he was aJwa\s in fiont and passed the nidge s box three lengths to the good It is lppoitod that a big commission was in town tor the colt, a.ncl, as he paid a dmdend of L~i odd, the local pencillers will be lehcned of a tidy sum PaJUs the haJf-brother to Paladin, madei sonu' amends for his defeat by Cruciform, bv easily silencing the opposition in the Grove Farm Handicap, the concluding event of the first da\ s races Tenapin had mo difficulty in turning the tables on, Cameo when they met in the Autumn Handicap on the second da\ The hist cla\'s winner wa.s raised lllh while tor running thud Teirapin s handicap lemainecl unaltered Walbeck who has been lughh spoken of as a coming two-year-old defeated a pionounced favourite in Pallas for the Juvenile Handicap, and returned his suppoi-teis a dividend of 4") 10s The farewell Handicap vent to the well-bied but inconsistent Hastings after a good set-to with Magnificent and Ab\dos The wnuiei hails fiorn^ the West Coast but was bred in Auckland b\ the Messis Nathan » • ♦ A descendant of Caibino defeated <i descendant of St Simon m the Cliestei Cup last Wednesday Both stallions named aie owned b\ the Dr.l.e ot Poitland An interesting inrident in connection with SceptreV \ictoi\ in the One Thousand Guineas is that a filh got b\ St Simon's son Persimmon defeated a filh sired b^ that horde's parent Mr T Mornn has, purciliased Foimula. the full-fci.ster to Multifomi toi the Wellington Park Stud Gieat things were piedictecl about hei as a two-\ ear-old but tlie-s w ere neve l realised Pei haps she will make up for her faalureon the tui-f b^ being a successful stud mation C'hai he Jenkins, the populai horseman connected with the Pomua stable must feel pi oud of his lecord this season He lias been on the backs of sixty-three winners his last field c^ being at the Egpiont autumn meeting when he was h\e times in the two thus

Toiowai h\ Wdtoitall- -Pailourniajd, until lecenth trained by R Connop, changed hands, aftei the Mana.w atu meeting Mi J. On, of Johnsonville becoming hea iilm\ owner for £l") 0 Torowai lias pio\ed on more than one occa.sion tha.t '-lie is possessed of plenty oi speed am] pioperh placod, will not be long iepa\ing hei new owne. ioi Ins out! ay Cracatoim Mi. Stead's champion, liad no diffienlt\ in defeating the opposition ofteietl b\ Golden Vein and Pallas in t.he Ashbuiton Stakes last week This ]-. tlie tenth race the St Legei hlk ha.% won tins season and her earnings in '•t ike-mone\ a.nonnt to £37()"j In the iace in (iiustion her two opponents weie indulaed with the leid until the stiajght w a;S readied when she eiavilv pasted them and won bv a length wettinifou'i the six fui longs m ]miv 23« ec