Nizam For Riccarton

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 34, 4 November 1942, Page 7

Nizam For Riccarton

(By

The Watcher.)

Nizam is a definite visitor to Riccarton for the Stewards’ Handicap and Derby.

Uses Pliar Lap's Saddle. _ The American jockey, George w ooit, who has ridden Whirlaway and other horses in many of their successes, always usee the saddle Elliot used on I’bar Lap in the Agua Caliente Handicap. Elliot presented the saddle to Woolf alter I har Lap's win. Woolf rode three winners in one day in the saddle and hopes to win the Kentucky Derby with it on Occupation.

Napier Park Field. . , Following are the weights for the Maiden Stakes, five furlongs, to be run on the tirst day of the Napier Park Racing Cliib s spring meeting.—’Sporting Style, bun Valley, Valcony, Parvati. Black Sultan, Il i tekiira, Loch Moigh. Captain lor, GoW Swoop, Cantala, 5.5; Irish lox, Thirk Bloom, Gay Falcon, M.v Girl, Gay Ttajali, Colleen Moore. Master Gain. Oisiiara, Cai hula. St. Vitus. Ozel, Prairie, 10 Lmu, Fescue, Caresses, £.O. In connexion with the P ro P ( .’? a ' the Ahurirl Hack in divisions if the n ber of acceptors exceeds the safety num ber, the totalizator .will be and a stake of £lOO will be alloted to> ea h division. Tins arrangement fl ill -uso Jp ply to the Meeanee Apprentices Hack on the second day of the meeting.

Skipton’s Jlalf-Brotlier gold. Among tlie untried two-year-olds sold bv W. Inglis and Son, I’t.v... LtJ 1 -' 111 ®\'l' uey last month, was a hall-brother to 11 w Victoria Derby and Melbourne Cup « in w' . Skluton. At 320gns. lie was knocked down to Mr G. Fuller. Cacino. Though not jet tried, the colt, who is by St. Magnus On'l’J, from Cupidity, has hail mauy changes ownership.

A Australia*had its first raceless Saturday last month. Thousands of >’afego«s flent to the beaches, but there we \ e ,.°‘ at tlons for racing P a J ronfi -, t t t ® l d al i t v c l ? n ev grade cricket matches and at the Sy . Flving Squadron’s sailing race on tllL harbour were much .greater than usua • The police reported that there «•s ul “£ betting on the sailing race. ,- nr were charged. Police were prepa ed loj increased interest in tW0 ’ u P a . cb ?,, % tt tch additional men fl-ere ass gued to flaten likely haunts. Police made tflo raids on alleged schools, one at Lldeoinbe al * <l tb e other at Chester Hill- Twenty meni fl charged. The hot weather ami the a J-J--of racing caused an , ear ’J\, rush , n '?. , .„’ "..ota mauy of which sold out the daj s quota of beer early in the afternoon In Melbourne the police made almost double ti e Ssual number of arrests for drunkenness and disorderly behaviour.

A T U h n e query, but it has been a <ldressed to me to auswer by B. Brickmau, Wellington:— l»o »«« jiirn nn iuQuirv on auction bridge . addressed to a sporting paper asJe* lo " j A contract of two hearts was play ed a, u the ply What are the penalties, and cuts and adds them to tlie ,, se y c , u l ,.^ r ,t',m he has made. He now bas 10 “j scores game. For the second t. t only penalty Is -too abovo the Un'- -Lb® total score therefore is 3« below the 1 c and 100 above the Hue.’ The- subject has been referred to me for a ruling. In coin mon with all other bridge >L h < ,yo alwavs considered the penalty to be tw tricks for the first revoke ® u ® o each subsequent revoke.. The tllcKSio u n tnkpti ax uluvcd, tliut is below tb®. • In order to assure myself on this I have consulted the lollowii „ authoi ties- Milton C. Work, member 01. the Aruerieau Whist League and c<lltor of the Auction Bridge 'Magazine, ■who appears to be the K® ner ?V J , aL .‘;.VE.„ s authority throughout the world on .ju - Both these authorities give . their rti tm iu accordance with my opinw> • [ . ' o '. l ® be glad therefore in view pt tbe lu poll ance of the question to bridge piny - s ySu would reply through your esteemed paper giving your ruling on a sa X® c and quoting the authorities Horn whom your ruling is takeu.” ' Aveu/l’am'no bridge expert, but everybody knows that Hoyle is the . ac J cuo .Y" ledged world-wide authority, aut l I' l L|'® latest published Hoyle 01M1) he gives the same decision as Air. Brickmau, that the penalty is two tricks for the first v®voko and one for each subsequent re'oU- th® tricks to remain as played, .that is below the line. In curlier authorities bclore the rules became standardized there seems to have been a variant of this ruling, but in all the latest authorities, including Hoyle and Milton C. Work, who mutually acknowledge each other’s contributions, the ruling is according to Hoyle (1941). In this book It says that since the original rules were made the game, has undergone a complete transformation, but it has now been brought up-to-dato.

Answers to Correspondents. . “Stiffv,” 'Wellington: (il) Ll/13/0; Ll 1/6. (2) £2/13/<3; £l/6/-. (3) No. ‘‘fe-port,’’ Taihape; il) les, fourth in Mawbera Handicap. (2) ,!? Diggers' Handicap. i 3) L4/4/-; L-/0/6. ' Waipuknrau: (1) £4 17/-. (2) £l/10/-. (3) £l/13/0. (4) L2 13/li; £l/6/-. (5) £2/0/6. (6) £2/10/-. “5.C.,” Potone: (1) £3/7/-; Ll/10/-- (-) £5./7/-: L2/W-. “Punter,” Wanganui; Cl) L4/17/-; L--11/-. (2) £4/13/0; £l/1/0. “8.H.,” Palmerston North: Yes, provided the first leg was not a starter lu any race ran after the second leg. “Royal Dragon,” Trentham: (1) £■; 7/-. (2) £2/1/0. (3) £l/13/0. (4) L2 13 “ Carbine,” Wellington: (1) £2/2/ ; . (2) King Herod was scratched at Millington on Octdber 26, at 11.35 a.m. (3) Yes. (4) ••j"erry,” Shannon; (J) £3/7/-: (2) £l/13/6; £l/1/6. (3) £2/43/6: £1 6/-. (4) Your dividends total £o2/)0/-.