Totalisator Turf Topics.

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 102, 14 June 1902, Page 21

Totalisator Turf Topics.

By 'Krect-Card.

A feature ot tlie spoit piovided h) the South Wairarapa Charitable Trotting Club, on the Piincc of Wales' Birthday, was the excellent tin idends uihng tinoughout the day. In the Maiden Tiot, no tickets weie taken out on the wumei's chance, and investois on the otlii i starteis received then inone\ bac'. less the usual commission. In the Wairaiapa Trotting Handicap, Dan D.. was returned the wmnei, and lie paid £(>4 '2s ()d, while hackeis- ot the second hoise leceived £14 .Is Pukion appropriated the pony gaJlop, and paid £3 3s and the dividend on Makiwa, the second horse, Mas £11 18s bd Then, to finish up, the winner of the Piesident's Handicap letuined Ins backers £'27. The second day's lacing of the Otaki Maori Racing Club was held in beautiful weathei, and there was a fair attendance. Speculation was again fan ly busk, the sum of £3716 passing through the totahsators, making a total ot £9918 for the meeting, which is i.6(A more than last year. The racing was good, nearh all the finishes being clo^elv contested. En Garde and Robin Gray were most in demand for the Stewards' Handicap, winch was contested bv a field of hxteen Neithei took a hand in the nnu.li, the Haw era-owned Himalaya appropriating the stake aftei making all he) own lunning. Gold Spec secured second money. and Atmadillo occupied the same position a*, on the opening da\ The winner paid £4 18s and the second horse £4 3s. A field of ten faced the barnei foi the big event of the da.y, the Huia Handicap. Loch Erin had a slight call of Convoy, the first day's winner, in the betting, and he justified the confidence reposed in him b\ w inning by a length and a-half . Aide-de-Camp cut out the miuung for half the distance, but then commenced to tire, and the two favourites were left in charge. Stockade finished third His racing over hurdles has evidently affected Ins speed. lhe m inner returned his backers a dividend of £2 7s Lissa, who made no sort of show ing on the opening day, accounted for the Telegraph Hack after a eood set-to with Nioiti. The finish was so close that only the judge knew which had won. The disappointing Waitoa was third The w inner paid £6 9s, and backers ot Nioiti had to be content A\ith 19s The same tactics were pursued bv Osborne in the Second Hurdles as on the opening day, but Old Gun kept him company. Both tired towards the finish, and, when tackled m the run home, were easily beaten by Aitua, a gelding h\ Vanguard! The winner only had £30 invested on Ins chance, and he paid the best dividend of the day, £10 Kis Hinetaura turned the tables on his fiist daj's conqueror, Chasseur, in the Railway Handicap. Titoki lan well for a time, but could not see the iournev out Pure Silver occupied the same position as on^the opening day The winner paid £2 7s. The running; in the Ohau Hack w as in marked contrast to that on the opening da\ , as far as the first and second horses were concerned Katnona, won easily from In the Van who was followed by Armadillo The last-named was unfortunate in his three essays at the meeting occupying third place in each case. The winner paid £4 3s and the second dividend was £4 2s. • Dad" Peters provided the w miiei ot the Final Scurry, with The Guesser, who heat a pronounced favourite in Blue Spur, an inmate of Prosser's stable The latter got well off the mark, but, although he kep-t his place for four furlongs could not quite see the journey out, and suffered defeat by a length". Backers of the winner recenod £3 IU Seahorse, who was purchased from Major George bv Mr Spencer Go! lan and 1 taken to England, took pait in a £100 six-furlong handicap at the Epsom spring meeting He carried top weight, 9st (ilb, was not mentioned in the betting, and finished in the last lot. Motfaa, ]a&t year's winner of the Wan ganui, Auckland, and Hawke's Bar Steeplechases, has been purchased bv Mr. S. H. Gollan, and will, in all probability, be shipped to England shortly. The same buyer has also first refusal of a full-brother to Moifaa, the purchase money being 300 guineas

It will be noticed that Kahuwai's name is amongst the aspirants, at the illegitimate game at the forthcoming Ha-wke's Bin wnitei gatheung She is ndden in hei woik bv Nayloi, who at one time, was an employee of J. Pioss.cr and the mare gnes e.\oiy promise of turning out a success in the obstacle department of the mdustiv Simile t.he tull-hiothei to that highh successful Knghsli racehorse St Maclon is being trained at R?nd\\)ckby Kamsliaw who was entrusted with the niopaaation of Sn Foote Nothme daunted by the opposition he is encounteiing from tlie Federal postal authorities, Mr. Geo Adams the piopnetor of Tabter«all's sweeps, is launching out into another enterpuse He has pui chased a bieweiv and se\eral hotels at Hobart, and Dame Rumoui hath it that his brew will be known bv the name of "Adams- Ale " Fiee Holmes has Libeiatoi m commission again foi the Giaud National, but it is geneially thought to be a soit of foilom hope to ha\c the old fellow leady b-s August. Liberator is in the iough, and, apart from the extreme care that, under the circumstances will be necessary to get him fit to race two months seems a veiy shoit period in which to piepare him. The Guaid's Mctorv m the Gieat Northern Steeplecha.se gives him the recoid of having carried the biggest weight to victory since the race wa.s instituted Macaroni won with 12st in 188 j, and Levantei 12st lib m 1897. The fastest tame for this race was put tip bv Moifaa last year when he won in Bmm 19\sec. At the A.J.C. Birthda\ meeting, the ex-New Zealander Regalia II was handicapped at list, bib in the fiist Huidle Race run over two miles, while for the Steeplechase, Volcanic Pukana, and tuiine three other New Zealanders, leceived 12<st ()lb, 1(M and 9st olh respectively Tlie result of the A.R C Giand National Huidles, although won bv that good hoi se Royal Conqueroi , was disappointing to the majority of backers. The second hurdle from home brought down Tresham, Frost, Rufus, and Cavahero, and a,s these horses were leading when the accident happened theie is no telling what might have won had it not taken plaoe. But it is onh one more instance of the uncertainty of lacing The pony Hinemoa annexed the Maiden Steeplechase on the third day of the A.R.C winter gatheiing very easily from the favourite Cavaliero The lattei was conceding the diminutive 'chaser just 4st, a,nd his performance was full of merit. The winner's previous success was achieved at the Aiondale meeting where she easily defeated a large held m the Hurdle Race. That consistent little mare St. Olga w on both the Welter and Farewell Handicaps in good style In the former, hhe cut out the mile in lmm 4" J^ec, and beat a field of sixteen, including such good ones as Military, Beddington Battleaxe, Highlander, Crusoe, Va,l Rosa, and Field Battery The f disaster to St. Paul is as game as hei lelatne and when well is a hard mare to beat o\ei any distance up to a mile and a quarter The Wintei Steeplechase pro\ ed a good thing for Cannon gate who won easily by a dozen lengths The favourite. Fiost was third, and lus veiy poor perfoimance evidences the fact that his previous races in the big Steeplechase and Hurdles had taken too much out of him Probably, a spell will enable the son of Foulshot to legam his form Treshain and Ruf u& w ere most in demand fo) the Hurdles, but the winner turned up in the aged Bellman, who defeated the former by two lengths and paid a dividend of £(> 3s Od That consistent old battler Tim was third. Mr. J. George had a win in the Maiden Welter with Durable, who, afteawinning the Maiden Flat at Otaki, on Tuesdajy last, was taken straight to Auckland He was lidden by T. Wilson and beat another Taranaki-owned horse in Anchorite, ridden bv Jenkins The favourite Sandy was nowhere The winner paid £8 los Od, and got o\ ci the distance m lmm 20Uee Field Batteiy, who wa.s purchased at Mr Stead's sale by a patron of W. Da,vies' stable, made lus appearance in botli the Welter and Farewell Handicaps, and, although well suDDorted on both occasions, did not annex a stake. HivS most ci editable performance was in the latter when he carried 9st 91b into third place, behind St Olga and FoimuJa. Mr. R Siever's nll> Sceptic made some amends for her defeat in the Derby, for which she started a pronounced favourite by annexing the Oaks in very hollow fashion Hei noor show ing in the former is unaccountable, and Home papers will be eagerh watched for particulars of the race The filly is engaged in the Prince of Wale,s Stakes, St. James Pa.lace Stokes. Coronation Stakes, Haidwicke Stahes St Leger Stakes, and Park Hill Stakes. Sceptre will next meet the Derby winner in the St. Leger, in September, and it will be interesting to note how they will shape o-\er the extra distance.