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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 24, 14 June 1939, Page 2

(By Zetland) AUCKLAND CONCLUDING DAY A change from summer to winter conditions was experienced by turt patrons at Ellerslie on the third da>of the Winter Meeting, while consequent upon the heavy state of the | track, the stakes were more widely distributed among owners than would otherwise have been the case. On this occasion big dividends were not the order of the day, that resultant upon Aero King's victory in the open sprint being the largest. Vnlmint, .second in the Cromwall showed his ability to get through heavy going by winning the York Handicap, while the Te Aroha owned Ellanui maintained his winning form by prevailing in the hurdles. The Winter Steeples went to All Irish who led practically from start to finish, and jumped faultlessly throughout. Notwithstanding the adverse weather conditions on the third dav, the totalisator figures over £14.-00') more than for the 1938 winter meeting, which fact will not be displeasing to the Government wiiich will rece'v" in taxation approximately £17p00. OLD TIME RACING In these notes of last week refer, ence was made to the fact of Beau, livre being the leading two year old of the Dominion this season in respect to stake money won in New Zealand. In legprd to his pedigree it was stated that he was a descendant of the Riddlosworth mare, Starkie, whose dam (nam? not given) had been imported from Australia without pedigree. That there was a special reason why a pedigree wa.s not needed by the importer in Welling, ton at that time, will be learned from the following information and interesting particulars, which were published 30 years ago in ''Men of Work in the World of Sport.'" Among the early settlers in Wellington wns one Bobby Jenkins, a Tasmanian. who had for h : s trainer Joe Grinald? one of the famous circus clowns oi that name. In due course Jenkens became a hotelkeeper, and one day 'ifd a visit from the police, and had to go before a magistrate to answer a charge in connection with the manof his house. The magistrate, also a horse owner, in emphatic language gave Jenkins to understand that he did not consider him a model landlord. Smarting under the castigation he had received,

and believing that Mr St Hill had gone out of his way to rake up historical facts, Jenkins definitely declared he would get even with the magistrate, and as he had no horses good enough to compete successfully with those of that owner, he had re. .solved to get one that could. Accordingly he sent to Mr T- Icely, of New South Wales about 1876, for some- [ thing extra good, and in due course a number of marcs came over in a ; cattle ship, and one, finer than all . the rest, found her way into ths ; hands of Joe Grinakli. The mare was decidedly attractive looking, aboo: ! four years old. and had every appear, ance of being thoroughbred. She was sent to be shod at a> blacksmith's shop owned by a Mr Fraser, where much interest was taken in the new comer on account of her aristocratic bearing, and very .numerous were inquiries about her. When racing ' Enthusiasts asked her name all they could get in reply from Grinakli was "What's that te you." The curious ones were not permitted to live long in ignorance, for soon she ra-ced and although she got her hip injured, Mr Bobby Jenkins' bay ''What's that to you"' beat Magistrate St HiU's Camilla, a beautiful fillv. also a New South Wales importation, and several other contestants, the first time they met and thus gave him cans-? to rejoice, for he thus had his revenge. This piece cf history, dating ba'k over 90 years goes to show the length of time to which the pedigree of Beau livre can be traced. Consenuent upon the death of his owner, this two year old colt will be submitted for sale by auction a.t Trentham next month; and it will be interesting to learn the price realised inasmuch and as if Mr W. Higgins had lived the sum of £10,000 may not have tempted him to part with New Zealand's best two year old. A VERY STOUT PEDIGREE Ellanui, winner of two hurdle eA*ents p.t the Auckland Winter meeting, is bred on exceptionally stout lines his ped'gree embracing the Musket. St Simon and St Eeger strains. By To Monnnui from Elnona by Ely. sinn (Soultl f«ora Wenonah by Slappeen (Gossion) from by Explosion from Stnpfast by St Hippo (St Leger) from Stepfeldt by Norden teldt (Musket) firm Steppe. Stepfeldt was dam of Gravitation, Tribulation, Provocation. Oration and Reputation win. ■ ner ? of many thousands of pounds in stake money.