RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22293, 20 June 1934, Page 11

RACING NEWS

Bv Sentinel, A special train will be run in connection with the Oamaru Jockey Club's meeting, which rakes place on June 30. Barrington will improve on his display at Timaru, where he commenced to fade through lack of condition. Imperial Spear cost his present owner 100 guineas, and his dual win at Timaru makes him a real bargain. Cleaner stays well when acting under a light weight, but it does not require much avoirdupois to stop her. Mr Frank Tyson, treasurer to the Dunedin Jockey Club, is about again after being laid aside for a couple of weeks. Great Star was galloped on during hisrace at Timaru, and the mishap prevented him from supplying a more serious challenge to Mobile a,t the finish of the Seadown Handicap. Punchestown looks sure to benefit by his race at Timaru, and, with ordinary luck, should more than pay his way between the flags. , Lord Argosy had lightened up considerably between his racing at Wingatui and Timaru. He appears to be a horse that inquires nursing to win a race. Davolo looked fairly fit and forward when produced at Timaru, but a mile found him dropping back. He will be tn improved horse ’ when nest seen in public. Many inquiries were made about Mr J. M. Samson’s state of health during the Timaru meeting, and it was pleasing to state that his return to full_ strength would be assisted by Cleaner winning the principal race at the meeting.

An old association was seen out at Timaru when W. Scobiq had the mount on Lord Ranald in the Pareora Steeples. Lord Ranald jumped well until he commenced to tire through lack of racing condition.

Constant Sun, the winner of the hurdle race on Thursday, is an Australia-bred gelding, originally in the stable of 0.-Cox at Hawera, but for some time past he has been trained by L. G. Morris at Marton. Constant Sun was not a success on the flat, though he ran some good races (says “The Watcher”), but since being put to hurdling he has made steady improvement. A feature of his racing is the manner in which he stays on, which is not surprising, as his breeding, by Australian Sun from Booralie, gives him the distinction of . belonging to one of the greatest staying families in Australia. The longer the journey the more difficult Constant Sun will prove to his opponents, and although his experience is as yet not great, a National may’not ,be beyond him in a couple of months’ time.

The, Very great respect in which the late Mr W. MfLachlan was held found substantiation by over a huuderd cars with occupants paying , a " final tribute to his memory at the graveside yesterday afternoon. Everyone who knew him never had the slightest doubt about his genuine sportsmanship and he . will be a muchmissed man in sporting circles. The order paper for the conference of representatives of New Zealand metropolitan- and district racing clubs, to be held at Wellington on Friday, July 13, has been printed and . circulated. The conference will be -presided over by the president, Mr : J._ S. M'Leod, of Hastings, and the following representatives will attend:^—

Auckland Racing Club: Mr O. Nicholson (vice-president) and Dr A. M’Gregor Grant. „ ■

Auckland District - Clubs (North): Messrs D. MTjeod and L. W. Nelson. Auckland District Clubs (South): Messrs G.'-W. Vercoe and W. H. Wackrow. ,

Canterbury Jockey Club: Dr M. G. Louisson and Mr D. E. Wakelyn. ■<. Canterbury District Clubs (North): Mr G. Fulton.

-Canterbury District Clubs (South): Messrs H. Lowry and E. B. Newton. Dunedin Jockey Club: Messrs A. C Hanlon, K.C.. and A. N. Smith. Dunedin District Clubs; Messrs N. O Potts and A. .Cambridge. Greymouth Jockey Club: Mr T. E Coates.

Greymouth District Clubs (North) Mr F. O. Hamilton.

Greymouth District Clubs (South) Mr E. W. Spencer.

Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club: Messrs G. B. Beatson and T. H. Lowry.

Hawke’s Bay District Clubs (North): Messrs F. W, Nolan and K. S. Williams, M.P.

Hawke’s Bay District Clubs (South); Messrs W. H. Gaisford and P. F, Wall. Manawatu Racine Club: Mr C. Louisson.

Southland Racing Club: Mr W. T. Hazlett. Southland District Clubs: Messrs M. O'Brien and E. J. Traynor. Taranaki Jockey Club: Messrs L. A. Nolan and J. M‘Leod. Taranaki District Clubs; Messrs A, Good and J. Gray. Wanganui Jockey Club; Messrs C. G. Russel) and F. K. Turnbull.

Wanganui District Clubs: Messrs J. H. Perrett and J. R. L. Stanford. Wellington Racing Club: Messrs D, M. Findlay and C. W. Tringham. Wellington District Clubs (North): Messrs J. W. Card and W. Howard Booth.

Wellington District Clubs (South) Mr E. A. Weld.

The merits of the win and.place betting system ns compared with the single pool system have been ' the subject of much debate among racegoers during the past 12 months. At the Auckland Racing Club’s winter fixture this month the single poo] system was in operation, and the following comments by a writer in the Auckland Star are of interest: —“ My experience at race meetings over the holiday week-end convinces me that win and place betting is the only logical system,” says the correspondent. “Judging from remarks made all around me at Ellerslie in regard to the smallness of dividends, and no third dividends, in spite of a great increase in attendance, I gather that the public are beginning to realise what they }iave missed in reverting to the old style, and also have discovered that their chances of success are undoubtedly lessened by the single pool, with only two dividends instead of four, under the win and place pool. It has been argued that one has to lay out more money under the win and place system, which, to my mind, is absurd; for, as a fact, I find that I have to lay out more money on the single pool to get the same results as the win and place pool. As as example, I will take two identical races and conditions under the two systems—namely: In Auckland Stanchion was fifth favourite on the machine, and in Dunedin Royal Limond was fourth favourite, and yet £1 invested on Stanchion produced less than 10s invested each way on Ryoal Limond, and had both horses run third, Stanchion would not have paid anything, but Royal Limond would have shown a profit, and there are hosts of similar cases. Ellerslie was exceedingly lucky with a great increase of attendance, but to come out with an increase of only £5500 shows that sufficient money was not circulated to get back on the machine, and I venture to say that under the win and place pool an increase of £25,000 would have been shown, not that more new money would be required, but with the four dividends there would have been a larger distribution of money which would have gone back to the totalisator to swell the turnover. I may be wrong, but as far as the four main centres are concerned, I feel convinced that win and place betting has come to stay, and as soon as the public can realise its value they will have no other system.”