NOTES FROM ELLERSLE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18518, 1 October 1923, Page 4

NOTES FROM ELLERSLE.

SATURDAY MORNING'S WORK. BY ARCHER. . Weather and track conditions : were «:tcolJpnv for , training ; operations at Elleralie on Saturday mormag. The outside of the course.. proper was ..• available "on payment ' of the. special foe; but it was, not much u?,id. Practically the whole of the work, was done on the No. 3 grass. " COURSE PROPER. Surveyor moved resolutely over seven ■' furlongs m lm 33a. It is obvious that he has taken no harm . from i his exertions at Avondale. He is beisg kept moving with s, view to '. contesting the Champion Plato at Trentham. • NO. 3 GRASS. Merry Ann and Te Tahi reeled off five furlongs in lm . 5 4-ss. finishing together. : . Gala. Day and Finnoto occupied' 1m.7 3-5o over the same ground. ■ Poteen and Boomerday, assisted by Coppernob over the last 5J furlongs, traversed a circuit in lm 43 8-58. -r : Polham was • swinging along over si* furlongs in .lm 22 i-sa, . and Muria defeated Piton over a furlong loss in lm sa. Knighthood and Importer sprinted four furlongs in 535, while Kilroe and Te Kari occupied 54 2-5s over the earn? ground. Arch Ami. and Lord Thurnliam got to the end of six furlongs ' in-lm 225. Dorinda tripped j .aver four furlongs .in 53 4-59, and Pretty Man . ran the name distance in 53 3-ss. Broadwood was timed to run the last six furlongs of a round in 1m.22 2-ss. Just Quietly and Shebang were swinging along for six furlongs, the last four in 53 ■i-Ss. Pine Arch tripped over four furlongs in 545; Right and . Left and Thorpe's Prince Merriweo gelding running the same distance in 525. • Salvor encompassed / a round in lm 44 4-5s and Amiform was going at hiß ease for five furlongs in lm 9 l-ss. , Canowindra' and "White Ranger made their way over a round in lm 41 2-ss. Great Pun went nicely for six furlongs in lm 17s, and Turn sprinted three furlongs in 43 4-Ss. ■.'••• , • , , Golden Locket registered 53s for four furI longs, and Bay Dighton took 55b over a similar distance. , Matakainga and Bright Gift strode ovor five furlongs in lm 9 2»55.. . _ Sentinalla ran six furlongs in. lm 21 2-ss. THE JUMPERS. Greokson (N. Rowe) vre'n given a lesson over the pony hurdles and shaped satiiSfact0 Opaloid (Stanaway) jumped eight flights oft brush hurdles in good,, style. Lady Kerman (Stanaway), Hokemai (Chaplin) and Freshman (Adamson) were associated in a schooling," bout over four flights of brush hurdles. The two " ra named gave good displays, but Freshman fell at the last obstacle.- , Karamu (R. Johnson) was also schooled. OHINEMTJM JOCKEY CLUB. THE ANNUAL MEETING. Jbl' TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORttESPONDEW?.] PAEROA,. Saturday. The annual meeting .of the Ohinemuri Jockey Club, held in Paorna last evening, when i here were 70, members present, over whom Mr. A. D. McOuire presided The report and balance-sheeu,. showing the club to be in abound position, were adopted. The net profit on the years working was £735. 19s lid. The assets .of the ■ club are shown at £ 17,185, over which the club has a mortgage of £3800. . , The report complains about the heavy taxation which tho club has to . #in proportion to the stakes paid, out» wnicn total £3435. while the .Government receives £4498 19s Id in taxation. The- committee contend that that amount is much too heavy for the country clubs to stand. - .• . The report also disclosed that th». committee are very hopeful of getting an extra permit to hold a spring meeting, when the readjustment of permits is being considered. For tho four vacancies on tho committee the following were elected: Messrs. H. tR. Bush. J. Clarkin. F. G. Flatt, and G. 'P. Fathers. THE MEGAVILLE CIO. PROGRAMME DRAFTED. [BY TELEGRAPH.OWN CORRESPONDENT. J DARGAVILLE, Saturday. • The Dargavilio Racing Club has drawn up a draft programme for its annual race meeting, and submitted it to the District Committee for approval. There will be csgh#i events. The principal 'events"are the ,D»rgavilie Cup, of £175, and .the Railway Handicap, of £100. The meeting will take place in January. . . NOTES FROM THE SOUTH.j WELLINGTON RAGING CLUB. [By TELEGRAPH.— OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WELLINGTON. Saturday. The officers of tho Wellington Racing Club ■ for ensuing year ; are President, ;• Mr J. B. Hajoourt; vice-presidents, Messrs. W. H. S. Moorhouse and C. P. Skerrett; stewards, Messrs. J. W. Abbott. J.. T. Duncan, K. D. Duncan. O. ' S. • Watkins, Neil McLean, W. IliggSn«, E. Riddiford, D. M. Findlay. Dr. ;H. A. H. Gilmer, and Lieut. Col H. J. McLean. ; :. Mir. J. B. Hareourt, who has been reelected president of "thei Wellington Racing Club, has held the office for £3 years. Complaints wore mad®' at the annual meeting of tho, Wellington Racing Club about the arrangements made by the Railway Department for transporting racegoers to Trontha.ni, and ono speaker declared that tho facilities provided in 1923 are tho same as those of .IOOG, the year ill which the 'l'rentham J course was opened. ■ The Otaki Racing Club ran its recent meeting at a loss; but the fixture yielded the Government over £2750 in taxes. : R. D. O'Donnell. who took several of bis team to ; Otaki, returned to Trentham without waiting for the second day, . Thd horses wero not quite - ready* lor - early spring racing, and it ( was a good move to avoid the bad . conditions, -which prevailed on the Monday. . •' ' ... Bright Eyes, in .R. O'Donnell'a stable, is a fairly promising sort, . and rjms on well at tho end of a race. . " ■ It looks as if C., Pritohard will . have some trouble in working old Goldshine into form. Tho hurdler wbb given a . run .at: Otaki, but made a very poor shoring. A little while ago Backsheesh could' have been purchased for £100. but no bus would have him. At Otaki he won two . races, and tho i stakes : attached to . them _ amounted to £380, &o tho Bezonian gelding might havo been cheap at the figure mehtioi- -<f. It is probable that if th» Wellii., .tenowned gelding Alabama is started i» th© Now Zealand Cup, he will be ridden by the Awapuni lightweight. W. K. Jones. Two of the imported youngsters, . whom Mr. Eric ■ Riddiford has in training at Trentham, will probably be given a fun at Masterton next month. : ■ Mr. W. W. Jorsonaen sent his two imported two-year-olds' through to . Hawke's Bay to race at the meetings there, and afterwards they will bo started at Masterton. ' ■ \ - . ! Triboulet and Island both ran disappointingly in their recent outings. Triboulet was . burly and he tiled in th.Q heavy going: • Island looked well., .hut* stopped 1 ]Ujt when he f was expected to run on. Basso who. has given his trainer a deal of trouble, is in ■ commission again - If he gets, back, to his best -track form he I should wm m hack company, • Helen Rufus is; a ÜBeful mare, but '' she begins x badly ■ . and the start she usually gives the .field is fatal 'to her chance on small courses. ;If she meets . the same class, as she did at the Manaw&tu Hunt meeting on a decent-sized course ahi will do better. . • Quest, who is doing great work at Twnfh«m. is to be raced -at Masterton. He will .-..b0 very fit, by New . Zealand Cup time. ' ;. v ' .Mr.. J. B. Gaisford , has a useful sort in Anticipate, but ; he did - not , produce him at either Otaki or the v. Manawatu ' Hunt meetings, : > "