TIMARU AND TE KUITI ARE THE ATTRACTIONS

NZ Truth, Issue 1199, 22 November 1928, Page 13

TIMARU AND TE KUITI ARE THE ATTRACTIONS

LOOKING FOR BATTERY

"Stipe" Is Curious To Know Thing or Two AND A! TIP IS HANDED OUT

Taking it by^and large, racii when compared with happenings THAT there are .occasional "ramps" i. and "h t old~-ups", cannot be denied, and even! on occasions there Is talk of a "ring-in." " But on, the majority of occasions it Is only ! steam being let ' off by -f disgruntled punters — punters who could no more pick a dead-un than they could fly the Tasman. At a country meeting the other day. there was m attendance a "stipe" Who was a little bit suspicious. . \ ■ A horse, which had run .only fairly the first day was being .whispered round the course as a good thing, and the talk set the. "stipe" thinking— and, thinking hard. He could not for the life of him see why there was such a deluge of money, and he went to reconnoitre the position. .■'■■•, . All he could, gather • was talk, and though -that led him nowhere, he was still interested enough to keep nosing, about. J At last he; went and had a look at the jockey, and also he had a word or two with that worthy. "•■' ; : Did he expect his horse to win? On getting a reply In the 1 affirmative' came counter, "Why?" \ . And so on. But the questions, and / their replies, did not ease the "stipe's" mind— there -was still dirty work at „ the cross-roads. * i He could hardly charge the jockey

hg m New Zealand is very tame • i m other countries. i . ' /■■.." with carrying a battery— being anything but sure of his ground — but he did try by leaning up' against the rider to locate one.on the boy, just the same. But a battery the boy did not have, and never did have, and the horse, though expected, could not get into the money. . . At different times the rumor has gone round that jockeys m this country were using batteries. ■ : One rider,, now retired, was constantly being accused ; by the' mob of having something more than his hands, heels arid whip to make a horse, go a little faster. ' , Perhaps he ■; did, but . the odds are greatly that he : did not. ■ Batteries and their operation brings "N.Z., Truth v to a story readthe other day. ■ . j . A horse which could go like wildfire on the track would hot do it m a race. A charge was given to him every day wh*en he was m his box till it came time to race. • . Then his . • jockey, wearing a ring made from a shoe nail, would stick the sharp end of the hail into the horse's •neck and. make a buzzing sound. •The horse would immediately , .think the juice was coming and go / for dear life an,d victoryl There is a tip for horsemen on rogues. It sounds all right m theory, but just what would happen m practice is hard to say.

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HANDICAPS KEPT BACK

Figures For Auckland Cup Are Wanted NOT DUE TILL NEXT MONTH (From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Auckland Representative.) Racing- enthusiasts are clamoring: for the Auckland Cup weights, but the handicapper is not due 'to diyttlgfe Ills adjustments till after the racing at Takapuna and FeUding has concluded. .■•/•"'.•

•THAT will certainly be time enough 1 for punters to make their bids for fortune, but nevertheless those most interested over the big eventowners and trainers — are loud m their disapproval of the late appearance of the figures. . " ' And, to be pertinent, it is open to question whether Feilding or Takapuna form will have any . direct bearing on the result. Not that the actual winners may not be found m competition at either of those ' fixtures. . Still, all winners, after the framing of the handicap, are subject to rehandicap, and that should have met the case. It certainly seems that the handicapper could have been allowed to frame a reasonable handicap after the New Zealand Cup- gathering, up to which stage form had been well displayed. •'■■_ . ■-. .. • .'' ' ■ At present, forty-four figure m the list. ■ though In reality not more , than a dozen are likely to claim any spirited support — and then ■ mostly on ' form displayed at Riccarton. Laughing Prince appears to be more .inquired for than anything else at the moment.

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Hoy lake, First Sight, Rapier, Mask, Oratrix, Goshawk, Battle Colours and Corinax are all being kept m mind as likely propositions. ■'■ Talisker may rise slightly m market quotations, after his Levin victory '.and ; be treated as one of the possibilities. Until the appearance of the weights there is not likely to be any ruslrto fill the money-bags of the wool Vherchants. . ■ . . • ; : .' / = So far as the north is concerned^ the most likely quartette to . make a bid ; appears to be Corinax, Tidal, Desert <Jlow and- Papatus ' : '< ." „ Regarding Corinax, he is a son of ; Magpie, and can therefore be treated v as one likely to turn but a reaspnabje stayer. ■.':.:■•. ' '• 7^-i - r ~.' :; i-. On his recent displays, Tidal 7 gives : ■/"; promise of staying on for a week, .and ? it is only a question of whether the opposition will" get too f4r away frdni him before he secures the opportunity to display his brilliance over 'the right 'end.' ■■.■ .'■-■.• ", ■ :• ■"■ •";■:■'•• :T " ; ■ ; As. for Desert Glow and Pa,psvt«, th^y are a pair likely to be down m the ,7st. odd division, and, though not gfeat class, have had the racing to fit them. . Without the handicaps to work bn» it is sheer waste of time . oven M; 1 to make an attempt to solve the; problem at this stage. .

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