TOTALISATOR TURF TOPICS.

Free Lance, Volume V, Issue 235, 31 December 1904, Page 21

TOTALISATOR TURF TOPICS.

By the 'Old 'On."

H]<AR]\ congiatulations to the ILi>ii Hum Kaia on the sutoev, ( ,1 In- chestnut gelding Mahu-ton-a '» lJulhun oil the Auckland L up, otlCuOso^, on .Monday last It was nn st.a.gl.t-out tip List week tuat he would do so and, ...Ui his poitoinia.ice J<n the .New z,eaJa..d Lup race, at U" Mdm.ch, edil> ni .November, 1 had no tilic -hglito^t misgiwngs about it I is, lam buie, a most populai win, and tie genial ounti musl luu c been busx evei bincc .etui u.ng cordial handshakes and lephiug to menage* ot telicitation b\ pobt and wne Sungod also justified my opinion that Mr Stead's selected would account toi the Oieat. .Northern Foal Stakes, and ot the others I named, Jewelleiy seemed third place in the Tual Handicap Boomerang and Golden Wn second honour respectively in the Nmse.j Handicap and Railway Handicap, while the two I mentioned' m the Christmas. Handicap— Heroism and Delania—finished second and thud Acceptances for the Wairaiapa New Yew's Day meeting are now to lidJicl, aud several hoibes will carrj' penalties, owing to their having won races .nice the handicaps were declared. Hie follow mg hoi^e^ should, howe^ei, run well m then respective engagements Tulntarata HancLoap. — Immeib.on and Valoib. T , Huidle Handicap— G-i and Jury and R Runutaka Hack Handicap — Limei&waand Hamua. Wau-arapa Cup.— Solution and JeaaiUe pukio C ' Handicap. — Mammga. and °RevnofcLs Handicap —Immersion and N Hack°Weltea.— V.uation and Sagacious. . • • The executive of the Wellington Racine Club intend starting in earnest with the loimation of their new iaceoou.se at Tientham Immediately aitoi the holidays a nurnbei of men will be bc-t to woik. undei the su P ciau»ioii oi a capable foreman, and bj the end ot the summei the course and tiaeks should bo .oadv for sowing with gi ass seed. Plans and specifications aie being preoaied for the grand staiad and othei appointments, and eaily in the yea-i tender* will be uivited foi the election of the buildings necessary for the convenience and eointort ot the clubs patrons. The convenience ot noiseowiUMs wUI not be ovoi looked, and 1 understand it is contemplated to eiect a considerable number ot loose-boxes foi the use of viMtins; ti.iin.ons Mr A h Whjttv, the club's* sooietary has taken consider able trouble to make lumsclt convei-sant with the wants of people who go a racing,' and, with amplo funds at his command, will, it goes without saying rendoi the new racecouise one of the best-appointed and up-to-date m the coloin Theie is already an indication that owners of tiaiiung establishments at the Lower Hutt contemplate nitting away to "fresh fields, and pastures new Mr Joigensen's taaining ostablishment and lesidcmo aiem the hands of agents for sale His i acehoives will, 1 leurn, be submitted to the liammoi dunng the Wellington summer meoti.ng vSevcral otliei owners whose hoises have hitherto been tiainod at t.ho Hutt, aio senou^lv considei mg the advisability ot

u,uu X up laciMi; «"d ,U- V "'^ '>' tlllMl hoiSCs . Tin ciitiic -, ii>i tho W« llmsrtiMi It u Mm ( luh- siimimi met ting .no 1 ml\ satisi.uton Mo-t «»l the hadmg tables „,. w, II lepieisenU'd whil-l 1li«' l'«'' and nunmcial m\m'i- li.nt 1 <-spo'iid<Ml ,m»-fc libe-ralN consido.ing tli.it lint ion „t thorn ha\e m«iuh>(l st .lives at the HuM <huing the pi-t twelse mouthThe handicaps ioi the Wellington Cup and Telegiaph Handicap «ue due on Jauuan "Ah The dub* handiuippei \mll on iioMiig Pa\ witness the iaung at Auckland It ha- been suggested l n sc-\ei.il owners tli.it be sJioulcl Mien come 011 South .uid attend the \\<uiaiap.l Racing Hub's meeting w hoio a laicro liumbei oi 11011 101 so- 110111 mated ioi Wellington will 1 ace on the a.nd 3id of Jcunuaij . Uicie ueie bonie w ell-touiuled coinpl.mitc ,ib to the ma.llllol 111 winch local lioim^ weie handicapped at the \\ elhiurfcon Racing Club's -.pi ing meeting llus was attributed to the i.tft t.liat the liandica]>pei had ti listed too much to the newspapei ropoi t- of the doings of c-eutain hoi-es instead oi attending and noting then foim * * * Mo-t of the occupant- of the Pomua stable <ug in the best ot health Achilles had a nice 1 e-t 011 his, leturn fiom the C J.C. meeting, and at the piosent time seems in capital condition On his tiamei's 1 etui 11 from AucKhind, lie will be given some searching gadlops, and should he tiain on all 1 ight will probably stai t 111 the Wellington Cup Kxmoor has been doing useful wmk foi -ome time, and would have been seen out under colours but foi the fact that ha.ndica.ppei s seem to hold him 111 higher estimation than his tunner Chivalry, Novgorod, Valour, Gold Crown, and some lessen light- only want a few^ smart gallops to fit them to face the startei Mr. Fiank Higgott'* m.ue, Languid, whilst being practised over hurdles by F. Caimont, last week, ma.de a faulty jump, and came to grief, the iesult being that her ridei had lv- collaibone biokeai., and will be incapacitated from ruling foi sometime. The Caimont family aie apparentlj out of luck, as 'TinY Ca,imont, who has clone the gie<i,tei pa,it of Higgott's ndmg 111 the past, is at piesemt undci the ban 'Bob" Kingan has hnalh letned old Umslopogaas. "Slop>," a- he ls known, won the Giand National Hiudle Race, and, during hib day, was a useful horse both oa the flat and o% er huidles. Mentioning Umslopogaas leminds. me that Ins erstwhile ow nei , Mr. George Banks, tailed foi the Old Country by tho ss. Turakina on Satin day last. Fatliei" Banks deaily liked a good horse, and when Umslopogaias won the National Hurdle Race toi lum theie was no pioudei man on the Riccaiton laceoourse. A gelding b\ Taxman — Capucme, 111 Pritchaid't, stable, ha^ been named Tekanui. Promotion, having shown signs of soienebs, has been eased 111 his uoik, and blisteied Togo-, having gone wiong, has been 1 etui nod to his owner a Pctono lesident The horse will piobablv be given a few months' spell and then put into ti aining agaan foi winter events At the instigation of the Mavteiton Racing Club, a mo\ ement is afoot amongst certain oountiy clubs to procuie totahsatois, and h.u c them walked b\ ofhoials appointed by themselves. I would ad\ ise those clubs which aie dissatisfied with the present totahsatoi contractors to ponclei well ere they take the losponsibihtv of controlling totah-atois They will find on enciuuy tint fiec|uentl\ the leakage is appalling Theie aie men evei on the alert to beat the total is.it or folks I know of one totahsatoi contractor who enlists the as-istance ot his wife, two sons, a biothei -m-law , and. a couple of trusted employees J^von uiiidei these encumstances c-onsideiable losses have taken place Theie .we a hundiecl and one wa\ s wheiebv the most eaieful totalisator man can pa-\ ( m,n too murh com and instances wheie the iccipient- have handed it back are few