NOTES AND COMMENTS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 153, 30 June 1934, Page 6

NOTES AND COMMENTS

(By “Kestrel.”) The Oamaru Jockey Club’s meeting to-day will not serve to throw very much light on the Wellington Racing Club’s meeting, which commences next Tuesday week, but the Dannevirke Hunt Club fixture next Wednesday should be of some assistance to followers of form. Riders at Trentham. D. J. Burgess is to ride Patutahi in his engagements at Trentham and F.

Thomson is to steer Billy Boy A. G. Parsons is to have the mount on King Musk, who has been working nicely since Tuning second to Curie in the | York Handicap. Rlerslie Horses. It is probable that the Ellerslie horses Wee Pat, Patutahi, Lord Vai, Horowhenua, Wee Musk and Free Air will leave for Trentham early next week to fulfil their engagements at the Wellington Racing Club’s Winter meeting on July 10, 12 and 14. Wee Pat’s Rider. J. H. Mcßae has been engaged to ride Wee Pat in her engagements at Trentham. Mcßae was successful on Wee Pat when she won the Great Northern Hurdles, and, as he understands her thoroughly, she should lose nothing on the score of horsemanship. Dannevirke Club. The Dannevirke Racing Club, having fallen on bad times and being unable to carry on, decided a few months ago to amalgamate with the Woodville Jockey Club, on terms which gave some hope of affording relief to its guarantors. The sporting element of the local public, being loath to lose the annual race meetings, formed a committee and

has been busy canvassing town and country residents with the object of raising by free gifts the sum of £2OOO with which to resuscitate the club. So far the appeal has not elicited the support anticipated, and at a meeting held last week only £4OO was in sight, with only the coast district not yet canvassed. In the meantime the Dannevirke Hunt Club is arranging to hold its annual race meeting on the (Dannevirke course and the patronage aci corded on that occasion may form a I gauge as to the general desire to continue racing in Dannevirke. For Melbourne Cup. 1 Probably one of the best-treated horses handicapped, for the Melbourne | Cup is Mincrval, who, with 8.1, would 1 have to be given a great chance if it is : possible to have him rigut again for the race, states a Christchurch corresponI dent. He is being hacked about at present. and looks very robust, but has not yet been subjected to any track work. There is still plenty of time to get him ready for the trip, as there will be op- , portunities to race him at many of the early spring meetings before it would I be necessary to send him to Melbourne. !He won the last Auckland Cup on a limited preparation, and in the capable ' hnds of F. Holmes again he may be able to face the starter. His connections have certainly received encouragement to go on with his engagement. i Won, But Lost. I In “Reminiscences of a Book- | maker,” as told by a leading English 'fielder, occurs this remarkable story of punting ill-luck: “Here is a tale of a treble event and a double event, where I all the horses backed actually won their ' races but. notwithstanding, both wagers were lost. It was in 1913, and the * horses were: Cuthbert (Lincolnshire Handicap), Drinmore (City and Suburj ban) and Craganour (Derby). The backer was a well-known racegoer, wno used the no-de-plume of Charles Brown, and both double and treble were

backed with me. The backer firs; backed the treble to win £lOO,OOO, anc

Cuthbert was placed first for the Lincolnshire Handicap, only to be disqualified, Berrildon being given the race. Nothing daunted, the backer then backed the two remaining horses to win £50,000 on the double event. Drinmore in due course won the City and Suburban and Craganour was placed first for the (Derby, only to be disqualified in favour of Aboyeur, who had none to do him 1 reverence’ at the price of 100 to 1. Can anyone equal this? Three winners for a stake oi £150,000, and two of the winners disqualified. ' *