RACING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 16 March 1925, Page 5

RACING.

FIXTURES. March 17th. —Opunake R.C. Annual. March 19th.—Waimate R.C. Annual. March 21st—Bay of Plenty J.C. Annual. March 20th and 21st—Rangitikei R.C. Annual. March 21st and 23rd —Oamaru J.C. Autumn. March 25th.—Otautau R.C. Annual. March 26th and 28th.—Wellington R.C. Autumn. March 28th —Matamata R.C. Annual. April 1 and 2 —Manawatu R.C. Aut-

umn. April 4tli and Gth. —Westport J.C. Annual. April 11th, 13th, loth and ISth—Australian J.C. Autumn. April 12-th and 13th.—Feilding J.C. Easter. April 13th.—Beaumont R.C. Annual. April 13th and 14th. —Canterbury J.C. Autumn. TURF TOPICS. Pcnelophon and Dazzling Light, who are both members of Stewart Waddell’s active brigade, are both looking well, though it will take some time for them to reach their best form again.

According to a Napier writer, it is rumoured that Mr. T. 11. Lowry will shortly retire his team, Phoenix Park, Oreum, and Oroiino, from active commission.

Te Kara is booked to leave Auckland this week for Australia, where the Sydney Cup will be his chief engagement. He lias been well looked after by the weight-adjuster, as he is asked to carry 8.11.

Mr. n. L. Russell intends to take Civility and Siaosi to the Wellington meeting. Both are engaged at Easter at Riecarton and Ellerslie, and it will depend entirely 011 the weights as to what, meeting they will do. After Ellerslie or Riecarton, Mr. Russell will take his team to Te Awamutu, where lie is to train them in future.

The Auckland writer, “Whalebone,” has been asked what is a clear length A clear length is. equal to two lengths —the length of the horse and a length of daylight. . The rule regarding crossing shows this very plainly. It states that “a horse may be disqualified for a race if such horse cross another horse, unless two clear lengths of daylight in front of the other horse at the time of crossing.” Therefore, it has to be its own length and two more lengths ahead, which equals three lengths.

The absence of the name of Count (favour from the list of horses figuring in the New Zealand St. Ledger was due to the fact that the dual Derby winner was not nominated for the classic race at Trentham. It is Mr J. S. Barrett’s intention to send him to Auckalnd for the Great Northern St. Leger at Easter, and he will be accompanied on the trip by the steeplechaser Charlatan. Prior to the Auckland meeting thev will probably compete at the Mannwatu Racing Club’s fixture, at which the Awapuni Gold Cup, one mile and a quarter, will engage the attention of Count Capour.