FIXTURES.

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10605, 2 June 1920, Page 8

FIXTURES.

June 3 and s—Dunedin J.C .Winter June 3 and 4—Otaki Maori h..C. AY inter. June 3,5, and 7—Auckland B.C. AVinter. Juno 10 and 12—Gisborue E.C. bteep.ochase. June IS and 19—Napier Park R.C. AVinter. Juno 23, 24, and 26—Hawke's Bay J.C. and Hawke's Bav Hunt AVinter. NOTES AND COMMENTS (By "Carbine.") Ocaki and Auckland meetings begin tomorrow. In the last year the Canterbury Joe k\W Club spent .£1430 more in. stakes than it spent in the same direction in 1916-17, when the last full meetings wore held. . The Hon. Sir AV. H. Herries 1b going up from AVellington to be present at the Auckland Steeplechase meeting. America's premier jockey, J. Loftus, has been refused a license by the New York Jbckev Club. No reason has been eivien. •

• Advice from Australia is that the useful New Zea'and>er, Master Moutoa, dislocated his near elbow- joint when he foil in the hurdle event at Eandwick. On the day after the accident he.was chloroformed and the joint was put back in it» place. AVhilst this was being attended to, however, it was discovered that there were other injuries, so the gelding was destroyed.

. The racing people of New Zealand provide a big share of the money that goes into the State coffers. From a perusal of the balance-sheet of the Canterbury Olub it seems . that that Ixidr between Mav Ist, 1919, and -April 30th, 1920. «s----peu'ded •£2y,OJO in meeting Government taxation, leus .£IBOO recovered from owners and dividends. It is not only in this direct way that racing, clubs help the country to meet its obligations; they provide employment for many, all ot whom are required to pay their share to the Government. While coal was short in France the railway authorities there did their utmost to help trainers • to get horses to meetings. In France they were close enough to the war to realise the importance of keeping racing, going in order to maintain the supply of sood horses.

An important sale reported by Messrs H. Chisholm and Co. is that of the imported stallion, Cyntoi, on account ot Mr E. A. Connelly, of Melbourne, to Mr John Hays, of New Zealand; Cyn+oi is a chestnut horse bred in England b-f Sir Gilbert Gieenall in' 1915 Jind whs imported to Australia by Messrs A. and G. Tye, of Melbourne. He was sold at Messrs Chisholm's Easter sale of 1917- for ICOO guineas to Mr B. A. Connelly. He is verv attractively bred,"being by Santoi from Lady Cynosure, own sister to the leading Etoglish, sire, Polymelus. One doss not expect to read of "pedigree unknown" horses winning at important English meetings. nowever, the two-year-old ' Pearl Bridge, who was so described, won the Sudbrook Selling Plate at Lincoln in March, and, on being submitted to auction after the ra.ee, realised 730 guineas.