TAUMARUNUI MEETING
REHANDICAPS DECLARED I Per Press Association.? AUCKLAND, May 16. Re-handicaps for Taumarunui Racing Club: Matierc Hack Handicap.—Valstreet 71bs to 8.8. Owhango Hack Handicap.—Valstreet 71bs to 8.8. Th c Auckland lightweight, IL Wiggins, w'ill have the mounts on High 1* alutin, Aloa Bird and Spearwood to-day. J. Barry will ride Auctioneer in the Balgownie Hack Handicap to-day, He will also be on Freehold in the Winter Oats. Geldings and “Classics.” According to a cable message from Sydney, the Australian Jockey Club and the Victoria Racing Club have jointly decided to debar geldings from competing in the classic races of 1932 and thereafter. The opinion is expressed that by allowing geldings to run in highly-endowed two-year-old and throe-year-old races, an inducement is hold out to owners to geld fine youngsters, without a trial perhaps, before they had a reasonable chance to transmit their good qualities to their progeny. Thus the primary objective of the clubs to improve thc breed of horses is defeated. The new rule will not apply to present yearlings. Gloam- | ing, Ballymena, Prince Humphrey, Cupidon, and Phar Lap are among the successful in past A.J.C. Der-
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 115, 17 May 1930, Page 4
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