Late Racing.

Observer, Volume XXXVI, Issue 40, 10 June 1916, Page 23

Late Racing.

The punters were on the leather all the afternoon, short prices ruling, with two exceptions, both Tragedy King and Tryfluke paying the best dividends, but some fair second price dividends were sorted out. Harbour Light and San Sebastian were the only Southern horses that managed to score a heat, Gluepot, Tragedy King, Tryfluke, El Gallo and Pendoon Avinning at this end. Royal Regal, Sir Stroud, Styrax, Marton, Te Onga, Queen's Post, Captain Jack, Sampan and Captain Mackay all made mistakes in their respective races. There will be no more racing at Ellerslie till next November, and the trotting at Alexandra Park will also be closed till October. The Avondale Jockey Club will be the opening of the new season of 1916----17 in September for the Auckland district. El Gallo's full sister Lady Lobelia was a starter on the opening day at Ellerslie. The mare shows a lot of the characteristics of her famous brother, but is still very backward.

The second day of the Auckland winter meeting was. again favoured with fine weather, ard the racing was of the best.

The Great Northern Steeplechase, always considered' the chief item on the day's racing, was invested with a halo of romance, as the champion El Gallo was. out for record breaking, trying to capture his second Northern double event, and how he did so splendidly his backers will tell you.

The G.N. Steeplechase, always the people's favourite race, was witnessed by quite a crowd of people both on and off- the course, the Ladies'. Mile being lined with all classes of vehicles all watching the chief event.

Mr W. J. Ralph came in for a lot of hand-shaking after the event was over and the equine hero of the meeting had landed his second G.N. double.

The Avoolbrokers will long remember El Gallo's second descent on the Great Northern Hurdle Race and Great Northern Steeplechase, making fresh turf history for the Dominion, and incidentally depleting the W.B.s banking accounts.

Tryfluke proved a very profitable proposition to his present owner Mr S. Neary, who recently purchased the son of Motiti at * a cost of something like 150 guineas, winning a £500 race in that gentleman's livery the first time of asking.

Mr Caff Edgar, the late halfowner of Tryfluke, report says, put a fiver on the horse in the Prince of Wales' Handicap, and as the son of Motiti-Parihaka paid over twentyone pounds, this popular sport has evened things up a little on the sale of the gelding.

One of the locaL trainers, after putting the acid on Mr Morse's handicaps and watching the early track work, was not satisfied with the double price, and sandwiched Loloma's name in between the two El Gallos and caught the winning treble at something like 300 to 1.

Dr. Ring showed some of his old skill in the saddle when he landed Pendoon a winner in the, Carbine Plate, beating a rather weak field. As the old saw has it, "What's bred in the bone/ etc., etc.

Good average, fields again came to the post on Monday, the starter handling eighty-two horses for the seven races, Mr O'Connor again being successful with the electric bulb.