AUCKLAND NOTES.

NZ Truth, Issue 351, 16 March 1912, Page 2

AUCKLAND NOTES.

I Hector Gray's. disquaiifxat on. ccms / i as a shock to his many admirers m, / j those parts, who "thought Hv.cf.llV ! above such peculiar --"tactica, r jjp : which the sawmill club snispoxr| , bun for twelve months.,.,. • I ' Mr W. Montgomery, owner of K^ • donv and Co.-, is k right up to % neck m hard. luck lately. . Firft, & Flynn, who had been cri^a-icd x\», ride Seldom, m his Austral an e>«f '. ' gagaments, received severs ' injuries : ;at the Te Aroha meeting, and, to . ; cap matters, "ilonty" himself Last f .Friday night received such a m;ml-X ing at the hands, of sonic "guesno." >. crooks that it is hardly . 1 ktly ha \viU> be able -to safe, his . ~-;crsos riio *' acro3S the water. -•:-.•• •-••-■■ t Sir Walter, a- disappoinlirij per- >. : former for soir.s tiir.e paef. war, tat- ] en to the recent Te Aroha rneeln;-v. j but failed to. score, and, conseqceTi.- ' ly. wa*? hot brought ba?k tb ElTers- ■< lie. In future, the ge'cl'n? wii' r ervß i 'as a hunter ?or his sport inj ovvc:-. \ j Wet weather has rendered, Iramin* W. operations very quiet at. Kll-rslia, but, with the , approaching 'Ka«r,ec\ meetings, things should soon tare a turn for, the better. It is considered extremely uriliVc'v that Sir George t.KiYord wi 1 s nl Counterfeit up to Auckland t.y■'cutest the Great Northern Oaks, as thj weight the champion mare woull have to carry (i.'.S) isn't a favora, Li ! inducement . to the southern owner. ■ Mishaps have been resybiijlcla For Jockeys &£.■ Kyan, Conquest, Rbs^, and Sceats being placed on tha ro» j tired list. ■ ' The hitherto disappoint m:? OUlt gado filly, Gibson tiirl, manajed' to catch the judge's eye on th-i seco.icf day. of the Te Aroha meeting, scaring m a hack handicap and ret;nm-. ing supporters- a substantial dlviI dend. . j At the recent Te Aroha itiestins «* ! some of the riders took liberties o.t T j a nature which should have warrant- V ed investigation by 'the stewards. \ However, as usual, the shrewdies { , took the public down whilst tbe cflx- •■ cials blinded their eyes to the inconsistencies, which a blind mulo wcu'.d have detected. This sort of thing i 3 i becoming far too prevalent at coua- ! try rough-ups, whore "gucsser.?"' ani wasters reap a big harvest, an.i farther serves to bring tlie sport of kings into disrepute. ' ■•_. j Several layers of ; odda .here hava i had to face the music lately, and, m ! consequence, dubbed' up -the usual ' £20. The State's exchequer ha£ benefited of late to the tune of £120, and yet they say the tote layer . ' isn't a desirable citizen; It is ben? 3| j freely circulated that steps are to ha i taken to clean up one or two Auck--i land thoroughfares of tfiis,.c.l«scs oL 'gentry. Cjuite recently several ■ dir.- --! turbances have eventuated m tha I precincts of the layers' haunts, including a brutal assault on a well- „..; known owner, and, on every hand, t~ one hears loud complaints against § the police m allowing layers of odds | to carry on their business without- i the slightest pretence of «?cr:cy. The •: recent gambling legislation hnsn't m. i the least abated bookmaking ia j Auckland, " and unless some stsrnor k measures are adopted •by the guar- i diansof the law there is every pros- J pect of the city bein^ overrun wii"a | a tribe of "guessers" who coil- 1 tinually place citizens' well-being ia jeopardy and cast a stigma of a *i distasteful nature on a city which j has before it such grand opportune s ties*. 4