WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XV, Issue 885, 21 February 1907, Page 9

WELLINGTON.

WELLINGTON, February 20.

Ballarat, Seaman, Marguerite, Pawa and Kuku were unsuccessful in their efforts at the Trentham race meeting, and in consequence of their Wellington defeats the horses named were nicely hand’capped for the Egmont engagements, and they nearly cleared the board, Seaman being the

only one of the five to suffer defeat at the meeting. His owner was, however, exceedingly fortunate, inasmuch as Waltapu, who defeated Seaman on the second day, was discovered to have carried short weight, in consequence of which the race. was awarded to Seaman. The local metallicians were heavily hit over the Egmont meeting, as the no-reply wire brigade were most consistent in selecting winners. One metallician is reported to have re-invested £l5O on the totalisator on Ballarat for the Flying at Hawera; this, it is said accounts for the black mare only paying £1 18s. Those who 'wished to back Beaman with the S.P. men on the second day of the Egmont races were told the limit was £3 15s for a win and £1 5s for a second dividend, and this, I hear, is to be the maximum odds obtainable'about horses trained by Mr. W. Davies in future. One starting price merchant goes even further, and states that for the future his book is closed to backers of Davies’ horses. He declares that his books show that there is never any money for certain horses except on occasions when they either win or run second, consequently their supporters must pass his office in future when they want a bet. Mr. J. Prosser put up -a capital record at Egmont. His horses started in five events, winning three races on the first day and two on the second, Kuku and Pawa scoring a double. Mr. Prosser has Exmoor, Marguerite, Pawa, and Kuku engaged at the Taranaki J.C. meeting on the 27th and 28th inst., while at Wanganui, on March 8 and 9 the Porirua trainer’s team will consist of ten. Obviously a stable that engages its horses so freely should now and again have a bit of an innings, and some meetings would go very slow without the assistance of Prosser’s charges. Fred. Tilly seems to be entirely out of luck, as his charges have not caught the judge’s eye for some time. Tilly has a numerous string engaged at Wanganui, and should manage during that meeting to earn a winning bracket or two. Apa, St. Joe, Martel’o, Delamere, The Lark, Arc Light, Sir Frisco and Handsome Rose are trained at Tilly’s establishment, Fordell.