TURF- TOPICS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 281, 10 March 1941, Page 8

TURF- TOPICS

RACING TAXATION pukekohe's contribution to the Treasury, being Government taxation on the recc-nt Franklin race meeting totalled. £5420. ■ I CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP The Hunting Song mare Mayfair, now owned by L. and M. 11. Otway of Cambridge, is a member of A. Tinker's team at Avondale. TO COMPETE AT TRENTHAM On Friday evening the Ellerslie horses Kindergaiten and .Transmitter were entrained for Trentham, in \iew of taking part at the Wellington meeting this week. LAPIDARIAN AT TAKANINI Mr Alec Walker, owner of Lapidarian, is now a member of the New Zealand Forces, and during his absence on military duties his hurdler will be trained by Hector Gray at Takaniai. A NOTED MUD LARK That great mudlark, Young Paddon, was among the starters in the Pukekohe Handicap. The hard track was not at all to his »fancy, but there may be a different story to tell after the rainy season sets in once' again. RELATED TO PHAR LAP - In commission at Riccarton is the highly bred Enticing, by Nightmarch from Entreatj'V a close relative to the great Phar Lap. He is being trained by George Morfitt, in whose hands Enticing will lack little by way of attention. OF HIGH RANK The Tiderace filly Yind. Honneur, whose dam Courtesy, cost Mr T. H. Lowry, of Hawke's Bay, 1500 guineas, is showing galloping ability on the tracks, but it is likely that she will not be required to race until next season. LADIES FREE Some years ago the Franklin Jockey Club arrived at the decision to admit ladies free to its race meetings. The result has been that very • large attendances of the public have been registered and the institution enjoys a wide popularity. TRAINER'S TROPHY The Trainer.'c Trophy given by the Rangitikei Racing Club has tiiis year been, won by Ernie Watson. It is now stated that the Fcilding Jockey Club will follow the example set by Rangitikei and \ ill offer a trophy valued at £25 to the most successful trainer at the Easter meeting. SATISFACTORY TO BOTH The country circuit meetings were favoured with the assistance o/ two southern trainers, H. Telford, of Trentham and E. Burgess, of Masterlon. The horses they brought along for a holiday jaunt were SigTow, Parchment, Augment and Happy Ending. All but the English imported horse, Parchment, got into the money, Siglow winning £560. 'Happy Ending £515, and Augment £280.

STILL IN WORK Royal Chief, who failed to run up to expectations in the Dunedin Cup, is be"\n£ kept in work in view of Easter racing at Riccarton. EVER ENGLAND Percy Burgess, the well known Trentham trainer, has just added to his team in commission, the three year old. Ever England, by Foxbridge—Marchette. He is owned by Mr Charles Robertson, of Wright Stephenson and Co, who previously raced, but with very little success, the disappointing Maxown. A PROMISING JUVENILE j Among the Auckland owned two-year-olds that are showing promise of being payable mav be noted Mr A. #. Court's handsome colt, Himalaya. He is trained by T-red Smith, at Takanini, and on account of his size is rightly being given time in which" to furnish. It may therefore be as a three year old that he may carry the colours to victory. RACING FIXTURES MARCH ' \ 8, 10—Taranaki Jockey Club 13, 15—Wellington Racing Club 15, 17 —Ohinemuri Jockey Club 20, 22—Matamnta Racing Club 22, 24—Bay of Plenty Racing Club 22, 24—Oamaru Jockey Club 27, 29 —Hawke's Bay Jockey Club 29^—Birchwood Hunt Club 29—Waimata Racing Club.

wartime golf

THE MOST RECENT RULES The Rules of Golf, these awsome things with penalties and decisions scattered over innumerable printed pages, are guaranteed to begin an argument wherever the Royal and Ancient Game is played, states the Sydney Morning Herald. But for sheer calm and imperturbability the most recent rules made for wartime conditions are the retort courteous to the Nazi bombers who try to destroy British morale and fail so hopelessly. These rules speak for themselves: "In competition during gunfire, or while bombs are falling, players mayt take cover without penalty for ceasing play. The player whose stroke is affected by simultaneous explosion of a bomb or shell, or by* machine-gun fire, may play another ball from the same place. Penalty one stroke. "Positions of known delayed-ac-tion bombs ara marked with a red flag placed reasonably but at an unguaranteed safe distance. A ball moved by enemy action may be replaced as near as possible where it lay, or if lost or destroyed, the ball may be brought no nearer the hole without penalty."