SPORTING

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 252, 21 September 1940, Page 4

SPORTING

/ OH INEMURI MEETING. ACCEPTORS FOR FIRST DAY. Per Pre3s Association. AUCKLAND, Sept. 20. Acceptors for the hist day of the Ohinemuri jockey Club’s spring meeting are: —. MAIDEN HANDICAP, of £l3O. Six furlongs.—Radiant Vaals, Royal Musk, Kingcraft, Radiant Bay 8.5, Kaalooa, Dur- > vach, Dorset 8.1, Lady Thea, Acute, Royal Pilot, Auburn Lu, Miss Ridicule, j Miss Eureka, Bamboo, Laughing Fox, Lady Pay, Flying Jay, Acre’s Beauty, Mia Regina, Iline-iti, Aberdovey, Bournemouth, Nan Vaals, To Monoplane, Aeto- . lia. Forest Bridge, Empire Rose, Marie’s Choice, Tea Blossom 8.0. KOPUARAIII HURDLES, of £l5O. , One mile and a-half.—Small Boy 11.12, Alidland 10.13, Loombination 10.9, Racewhip 10.0, Devon 9.9, Little Ruse 9.4, Cappy 9.3, Wellaway, Etcetera, Inyatis, Aintree, Allmetic, Gael, Cockalorum 9.0. NGATEA HANDICAP, of £2OO. About , seven furlongs and 60 yards.—Young Paddon, The Dozer 9.0, Brazen Bold, Orate, Merry Vaals 8.7, Pocket Venus 8.6, Foxmond 7.13, Tooley Street, Philemup 7.12, S-unola 7.8, Prince Rangi, Pern, Barrister, First Chapter, Eastern Heir, Hunter’s Night 7.7. r PIPIROA HACK CUP, of £2OO. Nine furlongs.—Wildore 9.0, Joan Peel 8.12, Hunting Bee, Silver Stick 8.9, Valdene 8.8, Raepata 8.7, Lord Waitangi 7.10, Karatoki, Gold Spot 7.7. , POLAND CUP, of £350; one mile and three furlongs.—Mazir 9.0. Clieval de Voice 8.7, Clinch 8.3, Besiege I 84. Valamito 7.11, Mintlaw 7.9, Racoline. Sunny Downs 7.2, Hunting Bee, Kilcash, Coronation, Day Wind 7.0. MARAMARUA STEEPLECHASE. of £l6O. About two miles and a-half. —Small Boy 11.12, Allegretto 10.16. Blue Steel 10.6, Floodlight, Gar Vaals 9.11, ICinkle 9.7, Te Ronga, Celtic Lad 9.5, British Sovereign, Dark Rose, Searcher, Conflagration, Mountain Bruce, Willen, Cockalorum 9.0. FLYING HANDICAP, of £2OO. Six furlongs.—Llangollen 9.10, Proud Fox 90, Corato, Pirate King 8.13, Lornacre 8.10, Te Takina. Silver Quex 8.5, Bronze Moth, Orate 8.3, Gay mist 8.2, yaTirncen 7.12, Maxam 7.9, Olympus 7.8, Dinky Di 7.4, Sure Pay, Paxeno, Sir Robin, Miss Te Koura, Town Section 7.0. KERAPEEIII HACK HANDICAP, of £l6O. Six furlongs.—Cillas 9.4, Verulam 8.4, Te Haka 8.2, Flying Eagle 7.13, Maxown 7.9. Hackcnschmidt 7.8. Volifox, Phil Vaals. Paymaster, Gold Money Song, Ngawiri 7.7.

FOXTON RACING CLUB.

ANNUAL MEETING. Mr W. E. Barber (president) was in the chair at the annual meeting of the Foxton Racing Club, at which there was a good attendance. In referring to the report (already published), the president said- that the club had experienced a successful year. Despite the big outlay involved, the club had managed to end the year a little ahead and this was a result of the wonderful work done by the stewards. At one period the club’s position had been very bad indeed, but the stewards and particularly the treasurer (Mr M. B. Bergin) had stuck to it and managed to pull the club through. The club had carried, out further tree-planting in furtherance of its plan of providing for the future. It had been pleasing to note that three new trainers had taken up their residence in Foxton and there was a possibility of others corning in the near future. The club was fortunate in possessing a track second to none for winter training and this was being recognised by those interested in the sport. Ihe bal-ance-sheet disclosed a credit ba.ance of, £lO3 Is sd. which ho considered most satisfactory. A good job had been made of the new stand and grounds, and the club would now soon have to turn its attention to providing better facilities for the stewards by way of a new building. Mr M. 34. Pcrreau paid a tribute to the work of the club. The balance-sheet could not but bo favourably commented on, and lie thought the stewards had discharged their duties very well indeed. Particular credit was duo'to Mr Bergin for his part in bringing the club through a critical financial period. The retiring stewards, who wore - reelected unopposed, were: Messrs E. Christensen, A. P. Easton and R. Robinson. Mr G. V. Fraser was re-elected auditor. 1 At the conclusion of business a social I hour was spent. A toast honoured was that; of Mr Hone -McMillan, president of the Otaki Maori Racing Club. In proposing Mr McMillan’s health, Mr Barber referred to the keen interest Mr McMillan bad j evinced iri sport, throughout the district for many years and to the service rendered by him to the Foxton Racing Club as honorary clerk cf scales. | Mr W. Bowe referred to the departure j from Foxton recently of Mr J. S. Short-] house, a club member. Mr Shorthousc, i he said, had rejoined the Navy after reHromcrit following 23 years’ service, in- ■ eluding the last war. The club decided to write to Mr Shorthousc. A letter is also to be forwarded to Mr H. Coley, one of flic club’s oldest members, who was unable to be present. Mr Barber, president cf the Foxton dub, ■ has been connected with the club since the ' ’ 'eighties. The' exact date of his first association with the club is somewhat vague, but be was able to recall various incidents which took pace in the early days of racing in an interesting, conversation with Mr L. Procter, one of Foxton’s first joe- ! key bovs. Mr Barber came to the Himaj tangi estate as a boy. Some time during j the ’eighties, Mr J. A. Whyte, then president of the club, persuaded him to fill a vacancy among the stewards, which lie did, and lie lias bold office with the cKib ever since. “'lt was really as a result of accopt- ! jng that position,” said Mr Barber, “that [ became a county councillor, but that t is another story.” Mr Barber’s association with the Manawatu County Council also - dates a long way back.

WELL-KNOWN SPORTSMAN.

DEATH OF MR A. ELLINGHAM. (Mr A. E'lingliam died yesterday morning in the Napier Hospital. Bom at Te Ante,' Hawke's Bay, 75 years ago, he took a keen interest in racing at a very young ago, riding winners over hurdles and country in liis middle ’teens, lie vied with the gamest cross-country riders the Dominion lias produced. lie won most of the important jumping races in New Zealand on the back of horses owned, trained and bred by himself. The Painter mare Denbigh, in the middle ’eighties, was one of his first and most important winners, lie, won with her many races, including the Napier, Hawke s Bay and Wellington Steeplechases, and from her bo raced the Natator gelding Moifaa, winner of the Great Northern and Liverpool Grand National..the latter event in the colours of the late Mr Spencer 11. Gollan. The Painter gelding Chemist, renowned as the laziest horse ever raced in New Zealand, and whom only ho could get to gallop, won our best steeplechases, including the National with 12.7. Denbigh, Chemist. Ruby, Moifaa, and Jack Pot. all won the Hawke’s Bay Steeplechase for Mr Ellingham. Ruby and Moifaa being products of Denbigh. For many years Mr E lingliarn was a well-known ‘ hotel-keeper in Hawke's Bay.

ST. LEGER DATE;

. LONDON, Sept. 19. The substitute St. Leger will be run at Hurst Park on September 28. Boxing at Hastings. Several Palmerston North jockeys took part in boxing bouts against flawke’s Bay horsemen in a tournament at Hastings .on Wednesday in aid ot patriotic funds. The bouts in which the local’ team took part resulted as follow (Palmerston North names first) J. Pratt (7.6) lost to It. McDoriel; C. Bowry (5112) beat T. Growcott (5.8); G. It. Tattersall (8.4) lost to J. Campbell (8.2): W. J. Broughton (8.0) beat H. Murray (8.0), M. Bowden (7.10) lost to W. J. Mudford (7.8),