TRACK AND STABLE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19987, 12 July 1939, Page 9

TRACK AND STABLE

1 SURVOY’S SUCCESS ELLIS’ GOOD RECORD SLAVER’S EAR NINES HIGHEST AT TRENTHA.M By "Trenton"

A. E. Ellis’ success on Survoy in I the Wellington Steeples added another important win to Inis rider’s alrerfrly lengthy list. He has won the ’Grand National on Snowfall and Turina. the meat Northern on Survoy, the Otago Steeplechase and the Great Western Steeplechase each twice on Pamplona, also the Grand National Hurdles on Penury Rose, Wharncliffe and Padishah, and the Great Northern Hurdles on Mister Gamp.

Trcntham Winners Slayer’s two victories at Trcntham were worth £770, and made Mr. L. C. JHazlett the leading owner at the meeting. Slayer is trained by P. T. Hogan at Washdyke, where also Suivoy, whose success in the Wellington Steeplechase realised £7OO, is also quartered in E. J. Ellis’ stable. Hogan also produced Mount Val, winner of £245 in the Corunna Hurdles, and the only other South Island-trained horse 1 to score was Fleet Street, who, with a first and a second, earned £440.

Other leading winners were Curio, £525; Hunting Royal, £455; Tidewaiter, £420; Jack Tar, £420; Ellamti, £395: King Roy, £350; and Amigo, £315. Record, Turnover A striking example of how well racing clubs have fared this season is furnished by the totalisator returns of the Wellington Racing Club, which i established record figures for its j meeting just concluded. j

In the boom times which follower 1 the war and preceded the slump, Wei lington’s peak season was 1920-21. The club then handled £693,669 10s pov medium of its totalisator. One thing should be pointed out, however: in 1920-21 the Wellington Racing Club had nine days’ racing; this year it has 11 days. Complimentary Tickets At the 1938 Racing Conference, a motion was passed requesting the executive committee to frame a rule to deal with abuse in the issue of complimentary tickets after obtaining a return from all clubs of the complimentary tickets issued. The executive committee reported that after considering the replies fiorn all clues it had deemed it inadvisable to have a rule dealing with the issue of such uckets. An Annual Occurrence The applica'ion of the Oamaru Jockey Club for January 2 for its summer meeting was granted by the dates committee of the Racing Conference last week. The annual objection to the date was received from the Southland Racing Club, and the secretary of the Oamaru club was present to support the claims of his. club, but there was no appearance of any representative of the Southland Club, nor was there any communication from it other than the original objection. Oamaru's application was granted without any discussion. This is the fourth occasion on which a similar Dosition has arisen by the action of the Southland club, and each lime the Oamaru secretary has made a special trip to Wellington and has not been called upon.

Jockeys' Rooms “Regarding the supervision of the jockeys’ rooms, this control is not as Hvinrmnt as i* should be," stated the chief stipendiary steward in his annual report to the Racing Conference. “Intruders have been noticed in flic "ftoms on many occasions, and if is obvious that {hey have no rightful business there.” I-Ie urged that a custodian of the strictest typo be stationed on the doors of nil jockeys’ rooms to keep intruders out. “Rirelease control improved last season and has been maintained by most clubs, but unfortunately not by all.” Ur, oddod. “It has been previously slated that the birdcage should he a sanctuary where owners, trainers and fmm outsiders. In spite of a tightening up of control by some clubs, there ; s still room for improvemeni. and birdcage control will not be satisfac'"'■v ""til all cluibs enforce it with vigour.”

Fop the 1944 Olympics, Wembley is prepared to engage in extensive alterations to meet the requirements -Of the Olympic Games Committee. A £60,000 guarantee lias been offered by an unknown person.