Notes and Events.

Manawatu Herald, 28 May 1895, Page 3

Notes and Events.

" What shall we do with our boys ?" is a frequent inquiry. We do not recommend such a course, but if one could be sufficiently well trained in " the ways that aro dark " it would be profitable for him to follow up race meetings. The Queen's Birthday offers illustrations. At Otaki there were seven events, and by the cautious investment of one pound in each race, the backer, supposing, which ia a good deal, he struck the winner, could have netted £64 4s. At Wanganui by acting on the same lines he could have made £89 13s. A fair return for the capital embarked. "How is the lad to know which horse will win ?" That's the rub, we do not know, and, perhaps if we did we should not say, for the totali sator has created an intense amount of selfishness which it is regrettable to notice. A gentleman well up in most matters concerning a racehorse told us at the last Foxton meeting that he chanced, at some other meeting to overhear two ladies weighing the chances of the success of a horse. "T am sure — will win for his owner told me he would," said one, to which the other replied, exhibiting a greater knowledge pf racecourse tactics, " well, I should much prefer to know what the jockey says who is going to ride him." In this you have the kernel of the difficulty, this mastered then the racecourse can be made a very Golconda.