RACING

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10924, 11 June 1921, Page 9

RACING

FIXTURES. June 17. 18 —Napier Park RAJ* Juno IS —Brackenfield Hunt Ciub. Juno 22, 23—Hawke's Bay J*C. June 25—Hawke’s Bay Hunt Club. •July 6 —Rangitikei Hunt Club. July 13, —Wellington R.C. July 14—Waimate Jlistrict Hunt Ciub July 21 —South Canterbury Hunt ClubJuly 28. 30—Gisborne R.C. July 30—Christchurch Hunt Club. ♦June 29—Dannevirke Hunt Club. NOTES AND COMMENTS. ■(By “Carbine.”) Napier Park next week. Amythae. who is owned by the Foxton Kportsman Mr F. S. Easton, mfl.v be put into 'work again very shortly. The champion has a lot of condition to dispose of. but appears to be quite sound. It! is now stated that the time registered by Peterden in the Greytown Trotting Cup was 4min 584 sec, not 4min 554 sec as first mentioned.

Sportsmen from this end of* the island collected the biggest cheques from the Auckland Racing Club over the recent meeting at EUlorsUe. Mr B. Ji.fPalmer (owner of Fisher) drew a cheque for .£1450; Mr A. McDonald (Strategy’s owner) .£I4OO. and Mr E. Ridcluord

The popular owner of Demos is unlucky with the son of Demosthenes and Jeanne do Arc. If ever a horse should have won Demos should when he was pieced second to Malaga* at Wanganui. Then he ran second in the Cornwall* and later, eecond in the' King George’s Handicap. That once useful performer over the obstacles, Glutar.us, was sold for three guineas this week. The next New Zealand Cup will oe worth .£2500 (including a ,£IOO trophy). The penalty conditions this year will road: “The Winner after the declaration of weights of any race or races of the collective value of .£3OO to carry slh; <£soo, Kfibj and-<£looo, 141 b extra/ 4 Nightraider, who was put under an operation not long ago, has recovered well, and has been put into work, againPaddington Green and Thrace Were noticed putting more energy into their races on the second day of the Auckland meeting than on the first day. Evidently the racing on the Friday benefited them.

The steeplechaser Mahawapango has been thrown out of work owing to an injury sustained at Wingatui. During the running of the Fitzroy Handicap at Ellerslie on Wednesday King Albyn broke ft fetlock and was destroyed. King Albyn ran -in. the colours of Mr J. McNiool, and was by Glen Albyn—Seabird. The Teport that the Nassau—Mountain Dream ' filly, • sold at Auckland, brought 28gns. should have read 2Sogns. Kauri King’s party were keen, after the JRemuera Hurdles, and the SouJt gelding was taken to the front, and asked oo win. all the way. The last couple of furlongs found, out the old fellow and a second was his position. However, he did well and if the weight is 'not, made, too solid he should yet pick up another stake.

TOTALISATOR INVESTMENTS. AUCKLAND MEIE,TING. At the Auckland_ Steeplechase meeting just concluded <£2/2,2&9 10s was put through the totalizator. This, says the ''Herald/* represents an increase of <£01,858 IQs, compared with the figures of last year’s winter meeting, when-' .£220,301 was invested, on the machine. The total* amount put through the machine at the four meetings held by the club during the year amounts to «£l,146,430, compared with <£1,052,146 invested at five meetings held by the club during the previous racing year, an increase of <£94,334. During the 191&-20 racing season an extra day's racing was! held at Hllerslie in honour of the visit of the Prince of Wales. On that occasion <£77,476 was ■ invested On the totalisator. Deducting this amount from the figures of that season and comparing the -four ordinary meetings of therespeotive- seasons, the increase in t-ota* listor investments this, season amounts to <£171,810. The meetings held by tho club during the current season aggregated eleven, days* racing, during which 86 events were' decided, as against twelve clays and. 93 events during the previous season; In the 1918-19 season the totalisator 'figures for the four meetings amounted to <£615,558.' The 1917-18 sea-' son, With eight days and 62 events, produced a total of <£516,843; that of 1916-17, with eleven days and 85. events, <£568,401. The figures for the 1918-19 season were affected "by the influenza epidemic at the end of 1918., The detailed figures for the meetings- for the year -just ended, oom pared with those for the two pro. vioug seasons, are:—

1918-19. 1919-20 1920-21 £ £ £ Sprme ... 60,408 122,642 152,3634 Summer ... 202.7(52 435.781J 511.455J Autumn ... 148,520. 195, 210,4064 Royal 77.476 Winter .... ... 205,868 220,391 272,2494 Totals . 815,558 - 1.052,146 1,146,480