HOCKEY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 105, 6 May 1933, Page 4

HOCKEY

GONVILLE OLD GIRLS’ CLUB TEAM FOR TO-DAY’S MATCH The following will represent Gonville Old Girls’ Club against Old Girls’ A, at Gonville I’ank to-day.—Misses R. Morgan, A. Lockhart, V. Melton, M. Allpress, B. Allen, C. Owen, E. Crothers R. Stevenson, J. Stephens J. Tyler, M. Mete Kingi.

Racing Careec Over The Queen has been thrown out of work and it is probable that his racing career is ever. He was never an easy horse to train, but T. Lloyd exercised great patience and developed him into a smart performer, the Auckland Railway Handicap last Boxing Day being evidence of his class as a sprinter. Unfortunately, on top of his leg troubles, he has become affected in the wind, and this has decided his owner against trying him further. Race Shelved.

Tho decision reached by the Canterbury Jockey Club that entries shall not be taken in June *next for the Forty-third Challenge Stakes, 1935, means that that year’s race will not take place, and there is a possibility that the last contest for the long-estab-lished event will be staged next autumn. The club’s action was prompted by the fact that the fields for the race for some years past have been very limited, thus making it a non-pay-able proposition.

A Healthy Sign. The allocation of stakes for this year’s Grand National Steeplechase meeting provide for an increase of £lOO, confined to two events, the Beaufort and Lincoln Steeplechases, but it is pleasing to record that there are no reductions, the stakes for the remaining races being the same as for last year’s programme. Owners would no doubt have appreciated a more general increase, but the prizes offered must be considered very satisfactory, and the ability of the club to maintain last year’s figures makes it evident that the downward trend of stakes, so common in the last few years, has been definitely arrested New Zealand followed Australia’s move in the curtailment of prize money, and as racing matters in the latter country are stated to be on a sound basis again, owners and others vitally interested in the sport are now of the opinion that conditions will continue to improve in the Dominion. Winning Colt.

Rodosto, who won the Two Thousand Guineas at. Newmarket on Wednesday, is a Frenchbrcd chestnut colt by Epinard (son of Badajoz) from Raymondie, by Neil Gow by Marco (winner of the Two Thousand). He was one of the best of last season’s 1 vo year-olds in France. First Four. One is often asked the question, why the numbers of the first four horses past the post are shown on the number board when only three dividends are paid (says a correspondent of the Wairarapa Daily Times). The reason emanated from an incident at the Opaki races a number of years ago, when two of the tree horses first past the post were disqualified for not weighing correctly. This incident happened in a hurdle race, and was won by the favourite, Sir James, trained by F. Tilley. Tho second horse, Boko, was trained and owned by Mr. J. B. Crawford, and tho third horse, Stream, was owned and trained by Mr. Juno. As Sir James and Stream could not draw the correct weight, Mr. Crawford had the unusual experience of collecting first, second, and third money, when his horse had really only run second. Added to this, Boko, who was an outsider, paid a substantial dividend. Up to this time only the numbers of the first three horses were hoisted, and it is believed that this incident was the cause of the four being shown to-day.