SPORTING.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1933, Page 3

SPORTING.

AVONDALE JOCKEY CLUB.

GUINEAS WON BY GAY SHEILA.

(Pei Press Association, Copyright)

AUCKLAND, October 16

Tlu; Avondale Jockey Club’s meeting concluded at Avondale to-day. The weather was showery in the morning, hut cleared in the afternoon. The track was in good older. The attendance was fair. The totalizator handled £17,591, as against £18,579 last year, making a total for the meeting of £39,994, compared with . £45,875 last year. There was a double figure dividend in tln« Mount Albert Handicap, and also in the New Lynn Handicap. Additional results:—

Plumpton Handicap.—4/2 Prince Val 1, 3/4 Carfex 2, 5/5 Bed Sun 3. Lord Val was bracketed with Prince Val. In a neck and and neck battle down the straight, Prince Val won by a neck after a sustained challenge from Carfex and Red Sun, who came up full of running from fifth place to finish a neck further back. Time 2.7 4-5.

Avondale Guineas.—l/1 Gay Sheila 1, 2/2 D’Artaguan 2, 5/5 Musquil 3. Tavern Knight lost his jockey at the start, when Gay Sheila took the lead from D’Art-agnan and Diatomous, who led into the straight-, but. Gay Sheila then left the field easily, with D’Artagnan six lengths behind, with Musquil three and a-half lengths further hack, Time 1.40 2-5.

President’s Handicap.—2 Exaggeration I, 1 Chief Cook 2, 4 British Columbia 3. Greek Gold was bracketed with Exaggeration. Also started 3 Hampton Park. Won by a neck; a head. Time 1.15. ,

[ New Lvnn Handicap—B/8 King ' Musk 1. 5/7 Palm Queen 2, 1/1 Gay Broney 3. Won by half a length; a length. Time 1.41 1-5. Ndt onion Handicap.—2/3 Del rain 1, 10/10 Baroscope 2. 1/1 Gay Marigold. Won by a head; half a length. Time 1.27 4-5. L. Mansen, trainer of Tavern Knight, nopeared before the Judicial Comm'ttee for allegedly stinking Tavern Knight on the nose after the Avondale Guineas. The Committee decided that if there was a recurrence they would recommend the suspension of his-license.

AVONDALE’S HUGE DIVIDEND.

AUCKLAND, October 16

iVersant’s dividend (over £200), is easily the largest that has been paid in the Auckland province for nine and a half-years.. - It is a coincidence that the record price vor the district £443, returned by Karanni in a hurdle race, was also/established at Avondale the date being April 26, 1924. The New Zealand record is £1033 ss, received by the solitary supporter of Wairoa Belle, in a trotting race at Nelson in MarcKf"‘t : 92o."'™~ ’

The distribution of the win pool in VersaiiiCsrace .was 'among only eight people (wild'had ten shillings tickets) which meant that tile great part of it was virtually withdrawn from circulation, and consequently the tote turnover was seriously affected. It was really a greater misfortune for the Club than was the steady rain that set in, for although the attendance (6500) was practically the'same as on the first day last year,' the investments £22,403. showed a ileirease of £4,8/3, or 17 per cent.

Versant jwns j'iclden „b,y_ liis i rai-ner, G. A. Holland. Who had'charge of Cron pier, pending litigation jn regard to Croupier.

Eh, lit 10s tickets comprised the win investment on Versant,. and all .were single purchases. One was a girl, who had bought a ticket fop her fiance, while another women held a ticket. No Dirge dividend is complete without Chinese participants, and two of them shared in a ticket on Versant. A young Maori, and four o.her men, were the remaining ticket holders.

CAULFIELD CUP ACCEPTANCES. MELBOURNE, October 16. The Caulfield Cup acceptors are:--Middle Watch, Ivuvera Pretzel, Gain? Carrington, Topical, Waltzing Lily, Flail, Chilpenc, Oro, Taislio, Maltdale, Ruacli, Segati, King Colossus, Picatus Magnitus, Highway Burlesque, Break Up, Jimmie Boy, a total of twenty. Ashley Heed, will ride Maltdale, and M. McCarlen, Kuvera in the Caulfield Cup.-.