THE TURF

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 91, 17 April 1929, Page 4

THE TURF

COMING FIXTURES May 4—Marton Jockey Club. May 9, 11—Egmont Racing Club. >fay 16, 18—Wanganui Jockey Club. NOTES AND COMMENTS (By “Kestrel.") There will be racing at Whangarei tomorrow and Saturday, while on Friday and Saturday the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s fixture at Hastings will attract more than the usual amount of attention. Hawke’s Bay Fields. Fields lor the Hawke’s Bay fixture, judging by the acceptances received last night prmisc to be good and the contests for the Cup and the Stakes should be as interesting as ever. Mastertoii Success. The recent meeting of the blasterton Club should result in a substantial profit to the club, which appears to have turned the corner at last. The totalisator increase must be considered a welcome sign. Feilding’s Jubilee. The announcement that the Feilding Jockey Club's jubilee year commences in July points to a busy period ahead for the secretary, Mr E. G. Goodbeherc, for he is certain to redouble his efforts to make the season the most successful in the history of the club. In this connection it may not be out of place to refer to the success that has attended each of the meetings at which he has acted in succession to his father, who when he retired was acclaimed one of the best racing secretaries in the district. At the recent Faster fixture everything went with a swing that betokened perfect organisation, and with the “gate" showing an increase of £250 and the totalisatufr also ahead of the 1928 meeting there was reason for congratulation. The announcement that there will be a hundred-guinea gold cup as a trophy at both the meetings next season will, one feels sure, be kept before the notice of owners and trainers by the secretary. A Matter of Money. The mention of an increase in the ‘‘gale’’ takings at Feilding draws attention to the fact that, according to report, there was a drop of £169 in gate takings at the Wanganui Cup meeting in February as compared with the corresponding fixture ol 1928. If this be true there must be some explanation for it. Perhaps the fact that the charge for admission to the lawn '.*as reduced from 12s 6d to 10s may be the reason, but surely the club has some means of getting over that problem. The Feiluing Ciub imposed a charge of two shillings on ail “complimentary" tickets, making of course the usual exceptions, and this was paid without demur by racegoers who realise that the club has obligations to meet. But at Wanganu there is no such surcharge save lor certain tickets for ladies, these necessitating the payment of half a crown. Perhaps something on the lines of the Feilding idea would get over that drop of £l6O. A Whole Holiday. The Wanganui Jockey club are in a most fortunate position so far as the winter meeting is concerned. The fixture takes place on Thursday and Saturday, May 16 and 18. and both days will be holidays in Wanganui. Owing to Wanganui retailers deciding to remain open on the morning of Faster Saturday they had, according to the Act, to give their assistants a whole holiday in lieu thereof. Choice finally fell on the opening day of the Wanganui steeplechase meeting, which will thus be a whole holiday for this citv. The .Saturday will see the usual halfholiday observed, and if it had been any other town but Wanganui there , would have been some move on the part of the club to induce the retailers to open their shops half an hour earlier and close about r«M)ii. so that those interested could attend for at least six of the «even races. The alternative would have been for the club to hold Ihe first race at noon and cut down the intervals between races by about three minutes so that the last race would still be run not later than 4.10 p.m. It is only by getting as large a crowd as possible to the meeting that the club can hope to show a decent profit. The experience of the Wanganui Trotting Club in this direction will prove that popularity provides the profit—and this even though there u a reduction jn prices. Son of King Lu. A Waikato message states that Mr R- Hines will probably put the King Lu colt. King Win, into light, work shortly. This juvenile takes very much after his sire. His dam. Allevin, is by Penbury—Tunewai, so there is good staying blood on this side. Making a Big Splash. A prominent Taranaki, sport tells a talc overheard at Randwick, where two gaily bedecked Jews sallied forth upon the turf, bent on business or pleasure. Approaching a prominent Randwick bookmaker, the elder of the pair breasted up to the layer of odds, saving, ‘‘l want to have a big splash upon a rank outsider. ■’ The bookmaker thought for a second and returned with: “X\hy not. buy a beer and splash it over your mate?’’ Riding Engagements. Providing the undermentioned horses carry out their engagements at Whangarel to morrow they will have associated with them xoe following jockeys: E. Stanway, Ned Kelly; R. 'Mn avish. Lady Eustace. Palmares, The Thorn. A allar. Corinax, and W«‘lcom'e Home; L. Dulieu, Ripon Abbey; H. Dulieu, Sir Archie; and E. Ludlow, Bulolo. Accident to Racehorses. With three racehorses aboard, a Reo speed truck lost a wheel when negotiating Sanatorium Hill, Waipukurau. on the way back from the Masterton races, and turned over on its side, the horses suffering slight injury, though not serious, and the driver ami a passenger escaping practically unhurt. The horses were San Quex, Brown Sugar, and Mixed Heather, all owned by Hastings men. The details are neagre, but it is understood the horses were safely removed from the truck rind reached their destination without further mishapi

I Won Five Out of Seven. | Arikinui (Chief Ruler—Celmisia) : ha s been turned out for a spell. He is growing fast, and Air J. B. Gaisford* is , probably wise in giving him an easy lime. In his three-year-old career Arikinui has scored five firsts and one second in seven starts. Yearlings Arrive. A Press Association message states that 15 yearlings, including one trotter, arrived at Auckland from Sydney by the LTimaroa yesterday. The purchasers were Hon. E, Allison, junr. (4), Messrs G. Williamson (4j, 11. Rothery [ (2), J. T. Jamieson (2), A. Rhodes and I). Penny, of Kawakawa (.1). Mr j Cooper, of Tauranga purchased the I trotter. ' A Clean Bace. i That the 1929 Sydney Cup was one ' of the cleanest races in the history of i the event is the impression gained from statements of some of the [ .jockeys in the race. Apparently Wina- | l"t was the only horse whose progress j was checked by interference, and in [ his case it was made to look infinitely I worse by the horse throwing his head ■in the air when Pike tightened the reins. Winalot does this even in his I preliminary if his rider changes his [ hold. ! For Australia. I Gay Ballerina has returned to Awa--1 puni, and she has now run her last race ius a two-year-old. She will be potterI cd about for a couple of months before being sent to Australia. The new owner of Gay Ballerina, Air H. G. Kirkpatrick. would have liked George Jones to lake the filly to Sydney, but Jones has never had any other intention but to stick to his New Zealand patron, Air W. H. Gaisford. Incidentally, Gay ; Ballerina carried Air Gaisford\s colours | at Avondale, for her owner is without j his own racing jacket. Jockey Recovering. Sportsmen will be delighted to learn that S. Henderson is nlaking an excellent recovery and has now left the hospital to undergo his convirlescenee at his home. It will be remembered that Henderson suffered a nasty fall when Mangaiti fell in a steeplechase at Paeroa on March 16, the base of the skull being affected, and for some time afterwards his condition was such' as to cause grave concern. His many friends and admirers will be delighted to learn of the splendid progress now being made by this popular horseman. Big Riding Fees For the first three ays of the recent A.J.C. meeting at Randwick the fees coming to the winning jockeys were as follows: —T. Green (Ist., Sires’ ProI duce; Ist. City Handicap), £283, 12s; •J. Pike (Ist St. Leger; Ist Champagne), £277 14s; AV. Cook (Ist Sydney | Cup) £254 2s; AL McCarten (Ist. j Autumn Stakes; Ist Second Division! j High weight; Ist Local Handicap) £177 2s; J. Toohev (Ist Doncaster) .£l5l Is; J. Daniels (Ist All-Aged Stakes) £llO 9s; E. Bartie (Ist First I Division Ilighwcight; Ist Flying Handicap) £B6 16 s; A. Dewhurst (deadheat, AVentworth Handicap; Ist CooI gee Handicap) £7O 16s 6d; J. Munro (Ist Cumberland) £63 ss; AV. Baker i (Ist First Hurdle) £56 8s; 0. Cullum | Cist Second Hurdle) £56; T. Tagell List First Steeple) £55 8s; A. Wilson I i Ist. Easter Stakes) £4l 2s. ON HASTINGS TRACKS YESTERDAY MORNING’S WORK PREPARING FOR FRIDAY HASTINGS, April 16. Conditions were much better for this morning’s work in consequence of the track drying, and the times recorded were faster than on Saturday. Huikai and Tc Awaha were the first | our, but were not extended. Blackpool ran the first three of six furlongs in 381, and afterwards eased off. Silver Paper, never off the bit. ran once round in 1.44, the last six furlongs in 1.20|, and four furlongs in 53A. Goodwill alone ran a mile and aquartcr in 2.16. Tom Byrne ran five furlongs in l.c. Royal Elm finished in front of Joskin over five furlongs, run in I.BL Comical, looking well, did once round on the grass in 1.53 A. After breakfast Queen’s Choice, Dimmer and Kahu Ariki finished as named at the end of five furlongs, run in 1.5 A. Admiral Drake easily defeated Imperial Fame and Adopt over five furlongs in 1.5. . High Court finished a length ahead of White Fang and Jeanette over a round in J .42 A—the best time of the , morning on the grass. Aly Own soundly thrashed Bernera over four furlongs in 54. Irish Count held a decided advantage over Tanagra over six furlongs in 1.221 over the same distance. Charmalaine ami Epistle, finishing abreast, took 1.20. Good Sport finished two lengths ahead of Moa Bird at the end of five furlongs, run in 1.6 Merry Mint and Curtsey ran the last four furlongs of a working gallop in The jumpers—Palo Star and Gordon Swill—set out to jump six hurdles, but [ the latter baulked at the first and fell j at the third, and gave a wretched dis- ■ play when remounted. Palo Star, jumping carefully, ran the last circuit .in 1.52. I Abisogne and Ballyfarnon gave a ' good display over a circuit in 1.45. I Highwayman and Crishna gave the • best display seen here for some time over a round in the good time of 1.40. I NELSON JOCKEY CLUB REHANDICAPS FOR FIRST DAY NELSON, April 16. . J The following rehandicaps have been . declared for events on the opening day • of the Nelson Jockey Club’s .meeting i j on Friday, the original impost being ! given in parentheses:— , j Cup.—Raineses 8.8 (8.2). I Hope Hack. —Billion J 6.2 (0.12). I I Stewards’ Handicap.—Last Crust ■! s.n (7.5). ; ! Electric Hack.—Second Thought 0.3 : (9.6). Waimea Handicap.—Raineses 9.11 (9.9); Billion 8.10 (B.Bjt