Sporting ESSAY A CHEAP HORSE

Southland Times, Issue 25533, 29 November 1944, Page 3

Sporting ESSAY A CHEAP HORSE

Owner’s Successful Investment

The owner of Essay, winner of the Spring Nursery Handicap on Saturday, got his purchase price of 600gns back in quick time. He bought the horse on the Friday before the race and he invested £lO each way on its chance. The result, plus the stake of £245, was a return of more than £lOOO. VERLAGIA’S FOAL Verlagia (Vermeer-Pelagia), who was trained by J. A. Rowland for Mr W. B. Dixon (Bluff) a few seasons ago, has produced a colt foal to Salmagundi. SAL’S PAL J , . Sal’s Pal, who gave promise of developing into one of Southland’s best middle distance handicappers this season, will be out of commission for several months. He injured a tendbn during the running of the New Zealand Cup and pulled up lame. Sal s Pal had been nominated for the Dunedin Cup and Hazlett Gold Cup. BRUCE WALLA , . ... Bruce Walla, the pacing stallion who will stand at Mataura this season, has arrived from Tasmania in good condition. WYNDHAM HANDICAPS At the request of owners and trainers, the handicaps for the annual meeting of the Wyndham Racing Club on January 1 will be declared on December 27 (after the Dunedin Cup meeting) and acceptances will be taken on December 28. The handicaps will be published in The Southland Times on December 27.

GORE SUMMER PROGRAMME The programme for the summer meeting of the Gore Racing Club on February 10 is in circulation. A sum of £2200 will be given in stakes, the principal event, the Gore Racing Club Handicap, being worth £425. The Croydon Handicap, the open sprint event, is worth £285. SISTER SAL , . . Sister Sal had an additional handicap in the Riccarton Handicap, won by Tara King, on Saturday. She carried two jockeys for a short part of the distance. C. H. Mackie, who fell off Justitia when his mount stumbled, grabbed Sister Sal’s, mane and was carried along for about 50 yards before losing his grip. The jockey was not hurt. The handicap cost Sister Sal a good chance of being in the money at the finish. KINDERGARTEN ■ . Kindergarten should go close to winning his third Canterbury Cup on Saturday, a performance no other horse has registered in the long history of the race.

WATCHER . ± . . Northerners expect Watcher to be one of the hardest to beat in the Churchill Handicap at Forbury Park on Saturday. She has been 11 times in the money since she last won a race—the Heathcote Handicap at Addington in August last year.

SEA BORN , . Sea Born won encomiums for good performances at Auckland a few weeks ago and he was hailed as likely to make the grade in New Zealand Cup class before long. He is engaged in the Churchill Handicap on Saturday and may make a good foil for Cabin. Boy and Watcher, two of , the ante-post favourites.

EVENING SPORTS

Race Between Runner And Cyclist A highlight of the Invercargill Amateur Cycling Club’s weekly evening sports meeting at the South Invercargill Domain last night was a race between a runner (kx. Sutherland) and a cyclist (A. Dawson) over 100 yards. In an exciting race the cyclist won by six inches. The time was 10 2-ssec. Other results were as'follows: — Half-mile Cycle Race (final): A. Dawson (10yds) 1. R. Smith (30yds) 2, R. McDougall (scr) 3. Time, Imin 18 2-ssec. Two-mile Cycle Race—R. Harns (70yds) 1, M. Beer (20yds) 2, R. Hall (260yds) 3. Time, 6min 6sec. _ _ . ~ . . Youths’ Half-mile Cycle Race —C. Ackhurst 1, I. McDermid 2, M. Wybrow 3. RUNNING EVENTS Boys’ 100 Yards —P. Hawke 1, B. Young 2, A Clark 3 Race 2—N. Sutherland 1, A. Young 2, B. Gray 3.