THE TAKAPUNA JOCKEY CLUB’S SPRING MEETING.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVII, Issue 974, 5 November 1908, Page 6

THE TAKAPUNA JOCKEY CLUB’S SPRING MEETING.

In the excitement of Cup meetings and the whirl of racing now going on, owners must not overlook the fact that nominations for the Spring Meeting of the Takapuna Jockey Club close with Mr. R. Wynyard, the secretary, tomorrow (Friday) evening, at 9 p.m. The events to be attended to are as follows: —

FIRST DAY. —Trial Handicap Isov, Cambria Handicap Isov, St. Andrew’s Handicap Isov, Handicap Maiden Hurdles Isov, Cheltenham Handicap Isov, Melrose Handicap Isov, T’ri Handicap Hurdles Isov First Pony Handicap Isov. SECOND DAY. — Kawau Handicap Hurd’es Isov. Stanley Handicap Isov, Spring Handicap Isov, Va.uxhall Handicap Isov. Second Pony Handicap Isov, Cautley Handicap Isov, Rakino Handicap Isov, Welte- Hand’cap Isov.

Handicaps for the first day’s events are due on the 13th inst. Full particulars as to the programme will be found in another column.

Cambrian appears to be quite himself again after his long spell, and is bowling along in good style in his morning tasks.

The Otahubu Club’s pony measure’-’ will be in attendance at Alexnadr aPark th’s afternoon from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Douche, Dardanus, Reservoir, Mistime, M : ss Advance. Bullworth, Tarina, and Ikon arrived from the South by the Westralia on Sunday. Paritutu, Waihuku, Recreat’on and Pharos have arrived at headquarters from New Plymouth to play their parts at the A.R.C. Meeting. The attendance at Flemington on Tuesday, Cup Day, is said to have been the largest on record, exceeding even that mammoth crowd when Carbine pulled off the ten-thousand-pounder. So great was the number that thousands had to stand all day, as there was no seating accommodation for them. This, however, is not very remarkable, as the stands, large as they are, always seem quite inadequate for the crowds that attend the meet’ng, as I have found on mo: e than one occasion.

A correspondent in Hawera writes me at length concerning Tiptoe’s running at Wellington. He thinks our Wellington cor: espondent erred in describing Tiptoe’s w : n as a fluke, and is of opinion that the apparent reversal of form needed a question from the stewards, although he completely exonerates the owner from any complicity in the matter. “ I can assure you (he writes) it is the good jockeys who want watching. They are so clever that the ‘ mug’ steward, as the jockeys call them, can see nothing. The pulling goes on at nearly every meeting, mo’e especially where the good jockeys are, and it is a pity something cannot be done to check it.” My correspondent offers a suggestion that might be worth considering, and that is that. the stewards should invite the public to - eport to them any case of the kind they may happen to know about.