RACING NEWS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 10073, 11 September 1918, Page 8

RACING NEWS

FIXTURES. September 19—Efemont Racing Club. NOTES AND COMMENTS (By "Tohunga.") The Amberiey Racing Club will hold its. meeting at North Canterbury on Thursday. Considering the calibre of the function the fields are very good. The Jumpers’ Flat Race, run over a mile and a quarter, has a field of eight, including Art, Jeannot, Golden Prince, Luff, and Moddite. The latter may prove to have more pace than most of those engaged. Eight nailers are engaged in the Amberiey Cup, and the field is by no means a poor one. The top weight, Disdainful (3.1), ie said to be in good form and should perform accordingly. Tremena with 7.8 appears to be the best of the bunch, and King Star with 6.13 should surely be able to do something better than the others. Silver and Black is engaged in .the Hack Handicap, which has an acceptance of nine. He and Derby Day should be able to make things interesting for the others running. Amongst the acceptors for the Open Welter is the name of Hiero. who, with 3.9 to carry, should run as good a race as any of them. If Martial can display some of her old-time form there may be a place for her. The Martian mare won some good races the season before last, but she has been off the scene for some time, and may not be ready. Pyjama is engaged in the Wattle Handicap, of six furlongs, and should run well. A formidable opponent will be Daytime, the top weight, who is running well just now, A certain amount of estrangement exists between Ireland and England regarding racing. The Irish Turf Club recently decided that no racehorses from England would be allowed to race in Ireland. It sounds like a Pan-Irish movement. Mr H. Brinkman, the South Island trotting bandieapper, lost a son in the recent fighting in France. Bee, the ex-New Zealander, is reported to be doing exceedingly well on the tracks at Randwick. Win Soon, who accounted for the New Zealand Trotting Cup of 1915, is now being used as a hack by her owner. The daughter of King Child—Topsy is reported to be looking big and well. It is just possible that Win Soon may be raced again, as Messrs Stevenson and MoMath have pursued a similar course successfully with other mares, racing and breeding them alternately. TROTTING ANNUAL MEETING OF WELLINGTON CLUB. The annual meeting of the Wellington Trotting Club was held at Potone last evening, when Major A. M. Samuel (president) presided over a largo attendance of members. The balance-sheet showed that the receipts for the oast year amounted to .£3339. which included a credit balance of £397 brought forward from the previous year, and the expediture to .£2707. The credit balance at the bank totalled £291. and a further £9OO was at fixed depoeit. The assets of the club amounted to £3239. and .there were no liabilities. , Tha, president, in moving the adoption of tnbu'epbrt ana Daianco-sueec. saui-ne wae confident tnat the duo was round tne corner as far as the establishment of the popularity of the cJubs trotting fixture was concerned. VV ith a clean sport, increased stakes, and farther improvements to tfie buuames and giounda, and the granting or extra permits to tne club when allocations ware made alter tne war, the oiuo could oouiiuentiy nope ere long to be maseeu as a metropolitan mub. The season, was started with a credit balance of £ob9 ,a 3u arm closed with a credit balance of £ll9l Ha ad, The, receipts from toe touuiaatoi lumped from juam' tew it ram u> j&mu Vs in laid; tue gate rece-pts from £2-4o Is to £333 lbs Ou: race etnas noui £oo ms co 3boa 9s* and an other receipts auvanoed sLgiiUv ever those ej mo previous year. Xhe expenditure advanced from £23«6 12s tfd- to £2VO( tia, .tae puncipaf item bi expenditure ueing tue uv vornmeni tax. v.ii-.cn amuuuted to £Oie Hs bd. an advance of £2oa ids Ud ever the 1917 season. Luring the past fivu, years Wie uaaneator returns were as io.rows; —l9 re, £ooMi; rare, aoousi' raru, r.rr.222: 19L. £IS.2U: laic, £20,101. JLnc increase in Coumsator inveemieirui Siucu ,a,* nad inuieauou ov upwaivis of 2VO pei cent. A new training traox had been colupieted and uau proved a great noon u> owners and trainers. Ataior Samuei saiu it was the intention of the cure to continue an active and progressive poaev uuirng cue ensuing season, it was moposea to increase mo stages, mage auditions to tue rotansavoi duuse. anu outer various improvements to boildutCfl and traeg. wuiun, it was hoped, would oe cump.eted in time for tne next race meeting. . The president added that the club was indebted to tnetr patron (Mr xj. L. Eiumlord) for ms geneious uonatious of a gu'id cup. which had uaen donated each successive veai. and on his motion a hearty vote of thanks was accorued to nix E. L. Rldthford and carried by ancl&mation. A letter wo* received from Major W. G. Asa worth, commanding the 6th Mounted Ribs (Territorial Forces) enclosing an urgent appeal from Lieuten-ant-Colonel J. -H. Whvte. L.H.0., officer commanding Wellington Mounted Regiment, on active service in Palestine, tor funds tpr the 6th douadron, which is recruited from the district. It was de. elded to donate £lO towards the fund. - It was decided to keep member* of the club, who are on active service, financial on the hooka of the oiup, ELECTION OF STEWARDS. The following stewards were elected for the year:—Messrs 11. E. Ryder, John Sharpe. K. H. Wilkie. J. E. August. J. 'I. Craig. W. H. Edwards, E. A. King, O. M. Upton. J. F. Gaynor, J. Vv. Sharpe. J. E. Divines. J, D. Marks, M. W. Ross, and Maior A. M. Samuel. It was resolved t« offer tho catering On race dav to tho Red Cross authorities free of charge, tho profits to go towards the fund. Recommendations were made tp the incoming stewards to increase the stakes W £630. making the total stakes for the one day’s racing £1455. If the suggested additions are agreed to. the stakes offered will be the largest for any single day trotting meeting in the Dominion. A vote of thanks to the president, outgoing stewards and officials of the olnb concluded the meeting. ANNUAL MEETING HELD. Press Association, CHRISTCHURCH. September 10. The annual meeting of the New Zealand Trotting Association was hold todav. Tho president. Mr P. Selig, in moving the adoption of the report and balancesheet, paid a tribute to the energy and enterprise of tho individual clubs in providing excellent sport and substantial stakes, and assorted that each a policy had been demonstrated to bo a paying one. Classic events should be encouraged a« there tended to improve the breed of horses. In tho Auckland district breeding had not gone ahead as well as was expected, but the enterprise of the Auckland Club would surely bring its reward. It should never be forgotten bv those who framed programmes that the high standard of the sport could only, be maintained hr catering foy the high-

cst class of competition. 110 suggested establishing a classic event to be caller! the New Zealand Oaks. The trotting clubs contributed srreatlv both m taxation and donations to cost of prosecuting the war. The imposition of incomo tax on club revenue would be a severe blow to tho clubs, but if the decision of the pending Supremo Court action was against tho clubs lbcy must accept tho position as gracefully as posTho election of officers resulted as follows President. Mr P. Selig; vioe-pre-oident. Mr H. F. Nicoll: hon. treasurer, Mr W. .T. Hopkins: licensing committee, Messrs W. H. Denton and W. .T. M. Hopkins: appeal oemmfittee, Messrs P. Selig, H. W. Kitcningham, and J. H. Williams: , foreign •■ horse committee. Messrs W, H. Denton and J. M. Samson.