RACING NEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22816, 27 February 1936, Page 7

RACING NEWS

By Sentinel.

The Crotawell Meeting ;; "/ . " Already have expressed their,'intention, of. taking teams; to ;the Cromwell meeting, for. whichnominations 'are 'due -to-morrow. • The course is reported jfco be in excellent eon: dition. ; ,, ■ :. ~

Sweepstake Winner , ' Ah American;'" who won a prized of in an- Irish Sweepstake.paid tax on 25'per of the amount stating that his father; mother, and:sister;held equal shares. The Kevehue Bureau declined to accept this, story, and assessed him for a deficiency of £7BOO and -a penalty o£'£39oo, thus.relieving the winner of more than: half Jiis prized •'•'■ "A Tale of Woe "

Commenting on the fact that 200 new sets of racing colours. have been registered in New Zealand this ; season, i/anal that, new owners were buyerg-at the yearling, sales, a Sydney paper says that it seems" A as if those New "Zealand trainers whS••■■were''.happiest when .-.telling a tale of woe about racing conditions in New Zealand are likely to.be deprived of that pleasure. Doing Well so Far Since resuming work at Ellerslie nothing of a strenuous nature has been required of Thespis, but he is thriving well on.ithe .tasks J. Burgess is allotting him. However, it remains to be seen whether the'son of Thespian will stand the test of a searching preparation. If he does,' more wins should come his way, for at his best Thespis would have no difficulty in holding his own against any of the. jumpers racing at the present: .time. .

Suspensions in Australia Crack'Sydney jockeys are getting a bad run-: in Victoria. J. E. Pike has been given- more, than One holiday there for alleged interference.. E. Britt went out for a year iu connection with the Country Party case, and within the last week M. M'Carten and D. Muhro-have been suspended for shorter -terms. The posithat at present three of the five leading New 'South Wales horsemen are resting by order of the Victorian stewards.

The Australian Cup The;Australian Cup, two miles and a-quarter',-which is to be run at Flemington on MarcK ;7, ; . seems likely to attract a largeat the date, of the first acceptances. The withdrawal of Sylvandale and Hall Mark leaves Cudddle 9.2 at the head of the list, aud, according to latest reports, she is ..equal favourite with the South Australian mare Atnalia, who is considered nicely treatsd' with 8.3. Palfresco, who brought off a surprise in the Caulfield Cup in the spring, is engaged with 8.3. Ah Improving Filly (•£ro<v'ori;fast during, the; past few.i;iweeksi< aid 'isvtiow showing promising'speed over diort distances. Owing to being rather heavily topped; this filly was not overtaxed earlier, .but she is- fining down nicely, and has made marked improvement since being taken to Ellerslie. By Commandant from Lady Willoriyx, who is descended from the Honeysuckle family, Lady Yule is bred on approved lines, and 6he is in the right hands to be given every chance to make good. She will probably have her first start at the Frank lin meeting next'month. • • ■

CoolartV Record Feat Coolart, in winning the Hobart Cup at Elwick last Saturday week, put ■up a sequence of three Cup.wins that had not been achieved previously by,,any,horse.in the one season. The three faces that he won were, the T.A.J.C. Cup, the Launcestori Cup; and the Hobart Cup. The cups were won within a period of three weeks, and in annexing them Coolart credited his owner, Mr R. A.Ellis, with £BOO in stakes and trophies Mr Ellis is an enthusiastic sportsman, who resides in the Tasmanian midlands,.and whilei he does not race many horses, he has won four cups in the space of three years, A number of horses have proved capable?of winning the Hobart and Launceston Cups in the. one year. Coolart makes the thirteenth, Ella having gained the first double in 1875. \ '.'■-.' The Trentham St, Leger -

Tlie-first classic, of the autumn season in the Dominion is l the New Zealand St. Leger, which comes up for decision at Trentham on March 14 next. The - Great Northern Oaks and the Great Northern St. Leger will he, run a month, later on April II: ; arid' 13. 'Greek Shepherd and Heritage/who filled, first and third places respectively in the Great Northern Derby, are the pair" .whose prospects, are most discussed .:■.' for., the Trentham. - classic, though-Happy Landing, after his Woodville doirble J.ast weelo. must also" -now come into calculation. The yictorV registered by Heritage in the Trentham Stakes, in which he romped away from the southern colt Kinnoull in a fast-run mile and a-quarter, has encouraged some of his enthusiastic followers to regard iiini !as the leading three-year-old, but he has to accomplish something more before that conclusion can be accepted. Greek Shepherd defeated Heritage-in the Great Northern Derby, and another meeting between them will be awaited with interest. The manner in which Greek Shepherd stayed the mile and a-half at Ellerslie was distinctly pleasing, and it is quite on the cards that he will run a mile and three-quarters as well as most of those of his age.

Radio and Starting Price A cable message from Sydney, in connection with a recent meeting, showed that the clubs were trying to cope with the broadcasting of information relating to the racing. Everything points in the direction of an alteration in the laws regarding the licensing of radio statioas. as it affects racing- and also to a tightening of the existing law relating to the operations of starting-price bookmakers. With regard to the radio stations, there is to be an attempt to.prohibit the broadcasting of starting prices until a stated hour after the race meeting has concluded, as it is the practice of many starting-price

bookmakers to nay out on the prices broadcast. Another amendment in the law is an endeavour to enlist the support of the Federal Government regarding the use of telephones by the starting-price bookmakers. That is ■ not a very easy matter,' for. it is the practice of some bookmakers to rent. private, 'phones on raceidays. In a certain flat at Randwick a-- .starting-price bookmaker takes his stand -everv race day,,and from there conducts his business, paying for the use of the instrument at the rate of 10s a day. And it is.morally certain the same method isKeniployed in other suburbs. The Government.; however, seems': _ determined to bring about some reform in the-dissemina-tion of facing news, and to.suppress those parasites who sell to the gullible section of the public their tips for a "consideration." which at times are labelled "£5 specials."