TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 74, 29 March 1933, Page 4

TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

'■■ The Bay of. Plenty. Jockey Club's Meeting .at ■ Taurariga last ■ SafuTday■ ■ ended 'at p.m.- in semi-darkness.-•;, Still ;the totalisator.-receipts were .up :Qr£X.Jj)...x>sx, e'ent^ .■'■''.■ ■ .■■';. -.■ . ;-'■'..'

: If. has- been' decided' to 'abandon ' 'the proposed; trip' .of.iConcentrate.'.a^d-.Martian Chief"t6:;SydnVy for'the Eastes?'racing.' .' '■The dates- of. the-;Te Kuiti ■; Meeting, 'to lie held this year at T.e .'Raptu jhave .now, been: settled' as Saturday, and Monday, May 20 and.; 22. \■/ ■;' . : ,'.:',. ~'A • Desert.r'.Song had ,to .miss-last-weeks iriieetin'g-'at: Oamaru;. as" ■ the result of a tnisliap.. : He ricked a ihoulder'1 and he'- is dri; the.:easy list. . This was; /unfortunate lucli. for~ his;. connectioris.. as'^ho was ex-,pecfedf-tS''-prove .a,.useful,..perfo l rmor : at somfe: of Kthe autumn,.meetings.I,'■';. '.

:'.-As .a. result of her success :at Oamaru last' Saturday, Repudiation :is ineligible for -the >Waimate Trial Plate, tomorrow,

.which..is restricted-,- to -horses who have not won a race o£;<the value of; £50 to the winner at-.time' of starting.,' for adopting the win-and-.place system have been completed by the Westlautl Racing Club for its meeting at Easter. The second , machine will '■ be placed adjacent to the present totalisator at the. same elevation. Gilpit, who created a good impression at the Oamaru Meeting last week, is a three-year-old gelding by' Cockpit from an unnamed mare by Sylvia Park- from a sister to Advance. This • breeding suggests pace and stamina. .Gilpit was bred by Mr. J. Gillies, of Hawke's Bay,: who shortly before his 'death last year presented him to his present owners, hence the naming. P. McGrath is a daily visitor to1 the Riccarton' tracks, where he' has two of Mr. J. M. Samson's horses,'' Guarantee, and'-.-Princess Argosy, doing useful work. They will1 be joined later by other members of the team. - Guarantee is in preparation for the Champagne Stakes on "Easter Monday. . , ) The Catmint niare Imamint'' is'again among the regular attendants at Ellerslie and at-present she is being restricted, to trotting and'cantering in the middle of the course preparatory to attempting more serious tasks. She has not yet emerged ■from hack, class-,-but .she. is. very useful, when in form and should be capable of paying her way if she keeps sourtd.'.' • j The following reh'nndicaps have bceu announced for the Waimate Racing Club's Meeting tomorrow:—Waimate Cup, Assemble B.o> Martian Chief 8.3, Princess Argosy 8.1; President's Handicap, Martian Chief 8.12. Kevbside 8.9, Hurljngham 8.9; Waitangi Hack Handicap, Fleeting Glance O.fi, lans March 8.4; and Stewards' Handicap', Hurlingham 8.13. ... . . ■■..-.. APPRENTICE SCHOOL