RACING NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18295, 11 January 1923, Page 5

RACING NEWS.

PAHIATUA RESULTS. [BY telegraph;—press ASSOCIATION.] PAHIATUA, Wednesday. The Pahiatua Racing Club's annual meeting was held in showery waather. There was a fair attendance. The totalisator handled .£12.226, against JE 15,408 last year. In the Makuri Handicap, Loyal Maid fell and her jockey, A. Dixon, of- Hastings, , received concussion and scalp wounds, and > was bruised on tho back. He was uncon- > scious when picked up. and was removed to tho hospital, where he has regained 1 consciousness. The horse was uninjured. Results: — 1 MAIDEN STAKES.—Master Beckwith, 1: 1 Pukotoi. 2; Lady Passenger, 3. Won by i half a length. Time, lm 17 l-ss. . COUNTY HACK WELTER HANDICAP. 1 mile and a distance.—Sweet Song, 1: First Born. 2; Rebuff. 3. Won by a length. , Time. 2m sb. I HACK FLYING HANDICAP. 6 fur.— Bonibrook. 1; L'Amour, 2: Merrymas. 3. Won by a neck. Time, lm 17s. PAHIATUA HANDICAP. 11 miles.— lowroz. 1; Dissertation. 2; Iho Speaker, 3. Scratched, Cleaßanta. . Won by a neck. Time, 2m 12 3-5s KONINI HACK HANDICAP. 7 fur.1 Tohgatotoa, 1; Bonomol, 2; Panache, 3. Scratched, L'Amour. Won by two lengths. Time, lm 335. MAKURI HACK HANDICAP. 5 fur,Merrymas, 1; Eonmark. 2; Waimanoe, 3. Scratched, Pillage. Comic. -Won by a neck. Time, lm 3 1-Ss. PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP. (5 furMountain March, 1: Passionless, 2: Jackaroo, 3. Scratched, Pillage. Vitella. Won by a head. Time, lm lCs. WELTER HACK HANDICAP. 7 fur.Sweet Song, 1: Rebuff, 2: Mentha. 8. Scratched. Proclamation. Won by a nose. Time, lm 32 l-ss. ... NOTES FROM ELLERSLIE. BY ARCHER. Yesterday was an off morning at Ellerslie and very little fast work was accomplished, the majority of the horses being restricted to pace work. Heisier and Monday sprinted half-a-mile; Monday appearing to bo going th» better of the pair at the finish. The last three furlongs took 39b. ■ ■ Gold Jacket and Glen Canny, did a round J on the No. 3 grass, but were not after time. Wish Wynne negotiated a round .of the • schooling hurdles in emart etyle, giving a vary satisfactory display. A Asprey recently purchased a couple of ponies in the Waikato, one by St. Amans and the other by Quin Abbey. Ho intends 1 bringing them into work shortly, but no - doubt they will eventually find their way • to Sydney. ' _ Old Marconi is being kept going steadily, and appears to bo standing up to his work well. He is now a member of K. Heaton s team. Marconi is one of tho hardy sort, as ho appeared in the 1916-17 Turf Register as a six-year-old. so that, he- is now in his ' thirteenth year. He is the last of Soult's progeny to be in training. y MAORI RACE MEETING. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ; TAURANGA, Wednesday. > The Rangataua Maori Racing Club will i hold its first race meeting at Maungatapu > on January 29. There are eight events on the programme, the Maungatapu Cup being the principal event, The meeting is a registerod one, and will "be conducted under the ' rules of racing. i ..-.-■• •■':•.-,■■■. . ' TROTTING. COMPLIMENT TO MR. SELIG. i [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] { ] . CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday, i At' a meeting of the New Zealand Trot- - ting Association, Mr. Hopkins . took .the I opportunity, on behalf of the association, 3 to congratulate Mr. P. Selig, the- chairman, e on his jubilee in journalism. Messrs 1 Kitohingham, Mark, and Denton also made r complimentary references to Mr. . Selig a J work in journalism, and also to his long ' connection with the Now Zealand . Trotting Association. In replying. Mr. Selig said he greatly appreciated the references made to 2 his work, both in sport and journalism. | CANTERBURY NOTES. - t 3Y TELEGRAPH.-—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] I ■ CHRISTCHURCH. Wednesday. ~- . Mr. P. Munn, tho owner of Grand Denver, 1 has purchased the Australian horse Sunny 0 Jim, an aged trotter by Franz, The horse 6 will bo shipped from Sydney by' an early r boat and will go into A. Hendricksen a stable. •'-.'" _• '■' The Australian owner, Mr. W. J.. Carter, 9 is trying to dispose of the horses he has in 6 training in New Zealand. ;,■.,:-, , ~ e The trotter Wimmera King has been sold ? to an Auckland sportsman, while the pacei Snowsho© may also change hands in a few 0 days. The rest of Mr. Carter's team will, ? it is expected, be quitted shortly. A. • Audominion. who showed winning form on . tho West Coast, is a three-year-old trottei '" by Great Audubon, trained by D. Bennetl .. for the Christchurch sportsmen. Messrs. A r " and G. Fine. He claims an engagement { in the New Zealand Trotting Stakes to b« decided at the Forbury Park meeting nexi month, and judged on his recent performances ho will be very hard to beat' in th« classic race. . , ,j. . ■ ___ ■ , —