CHANCES OF THE TURF

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21315, 17 October 1932, Page 16

CHANCES OF THE TURF

LOSSES OF A TRAINER HORSE THAT DID NOT WIN Sydney ponders sympathetically over the ill-luck of Mr. R. W. Skelton, racing trainer and pony owner. The story lie told in the moratorium section of the District Court the other day, says tho correspondent of the Argus, had a wide appeal. He, like tens of thousands of others, has a mortgage over his property. Business having fallen off and luck in wagerihg having disappeared, there is no longer financial case in his racing stables at South Randwick. Mr. Skelton mentioned that before the depression the pony racing clubs distributed £125,000 a year in prize money, whereas at present the distribution is only at the rate of £23,000 a year. Non-racing-goers acquire in this way knowledge that, seems to impress them. They are interested also in ATr. Skellon's prediction that now that legislation concerning raciilg bets has been simplified, "racing will improve 100 per cent by Christmas." The really interesting portion of the statement, however, is that which records, that Mr. Skelton "just missed winning £BOOO on one bet." He distributed throughout New South Wales £3OO worth of wagers on Always Sh'ning, and arranged to play the winnings "all up" on Aussie's Delight. Always Shining' shone and won, buti" alas.! Aussie's Delight was beaten by the proverbial whisker, thus concluding a most exciting racing story that would have inspired Nat Gould.