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Otaki Mail, 20 February 1922, Page 3

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E. Penman, the well-know n trainei who has been located at Bulls for soin f time, is stated to be returning to Otak II with his team. g The Otaki-trained ,Makere won tin - President's Handicap the first day a . AVoodvillc, beating a field of eight gooi f ones. i The AA'oodville meeting was dowt ■ £25,359 in the tote receipts as compar i od with the 'meeting tw r elvo months ago. The turnover for .1921 was £55,626 and for 1922 £30,267. Honeybee beat the favourite, Battle Song, in the first day hurdles at AVoodville by a head after the pair being together throughout the journey On the second day the Feilding-owned Springtide captured the jumping event. Volo, Mountain March, Chimera and Flying Nell found the going to their liking at AA'oodville and each won a double. A’olo proved wliat a good horse he is when well by winning the two principal events at AVoodville. Up to a mile and a-quarlcr he is hard to beat. Zircon, nowhere in the President's Handicap on the first day, easily accounted for the opposition in the Malm rahara Handicap at AVoodville on Friday. A'espucci's victory in the Taranaki Cup was not popular, and the local papers state “it was received in perfect - silence, with the exception of some dissentient hoots.” That good mare Bonnie Maid is reported to have been so seriously injured through the knocking about she received on shipboard recently, that doubts arc. expressed as to her racing again. Flying Nell, who won a double at AVoodville, is one of the Quin Abbey breed. She is a four-year-old from (Brown Noll, and is a nice big mare with a very handy turn of speed. She runs in the colours of Mr R. .T. Sexton, and is trained by A. M. AVright at Foxton. Battle Song now runs in the nomination of Mr J. L. Nicliol, who has been very successful with Explorer. Radiant Light is just beginning to give a taste of her real quality and is proving a good mare. AVar Loan was well backed in the hurdles at AVoodville last week, but ran so badly that on the second day he was neMeeiod .>j» . the., machine, when lie affair, showed very poor form. The Trent ham-trained Opiate, who ran prominently in the jumping events at Christmas and New Year, ran second in the hurdle race on each day of the Egmont meeting. After the race for the Hamilton Cup the stewards inquired into an allegation that R. ,Reed, the rider of Truthfill, interfered with Martial Dawn during the running. The stewards heard evidence, fined Rued £lO, and admiuisterer a severe caution. Since he won at AVellington the sum of 4000 gs lias been offered and refused for The Hawk. The Douglas Trustees raised the price from SOOOgs to oOOOgs. Gloaming has now won the Egmont and Hawera stakes double on three occasions. Solfanello, who is engaged in the Newmarket and Doncaster Handicaps, was shipped to Sydney on the 16th. He will probably be accompanied by Lady Violet) who has not yet won a race. Caricature and Chrysostom, who raced prominently at the Gisborne meeting, have been sold to go to Australia. The former goes to the "Sydney associated meetings and the latter goes to Victoria, where he will probably be_ raced over hurdles. It is reported that an offer of 690 gs has been refused for Killashandra,* Mr T. H. Lowry's two-year-old that was among the winners at Irentham. On the opening day of the Egmont meeting Marqueteur, Mary Time, and Colmcsia, three of the progeny, of By By, were among the winners. A MAORI RACE MEETING. Maori race meetings are always brimful of real fun, says Rn exchange, and the humorous incidents connected therewith are retained in memory for a long period. Here is a copy of a Maori race programme, which, as an example of liumour and .real honesty beats anything ever perused in the way of backCountry programmes. It is here produced. not only as a unique document, but as a means of commending certain excellent regulations. Come! Come! Come! Notice to All. This notice is to all friends'in the East, in the West, in the North, and In the South. OH. FRIENDS, LISTEN! Horse Races will be held at OKOROIRE. These races will be rum under the patronage of the King of thp Maori p£o‘ pie. STEAVARDS OF THE RACES. Chairman: Te AVhereo and his friends. Judge: Te Tahuna and his friends. Starter: Te Harihari and his friends. Clerk of the Course: P. Wamhi and Te Amaru. Clerk of the Scales: Te Kamanomano. Handicapper: Tom Pepa and his wife. Treasurer: Rev. Hori Wirjhani. Secretary: Mrs Harihari, RULES OF THE RACES. 1. Men owning horses and wishing to enter them must deposit money in the hands of the secretary. 2 Don’t bring any drink jq these ■ . ■ . •' .;. i v :• • races. '■ 3.' Men who have taken much drink |. will not be allowed on this course. If , any man disobey this rule he will bring ’ the whip of the club down upon him. 1 4, No girls will' be Allowed to ride as jockeys at these races. " 5 • 5. Jockeys innst wear trousers in all t events. • ' e 6. No jockey must knock any otkei * jockey off liis horse or touch the reins i of ..any other .jockey, or strike any other 0 jockSy with his whip during a race, px etrikS any .other horse other shan his

own, or swear at or threaten any other jockey. 7. Any jockey breaking these rules ’ will be driven from the course if he . do not pay 20s to tlie treasurer. 8. You must not change the name of ; tlie horse. You must not suppress the ' fact of a win at any other race mcet- ) ing. You can be expelled or fined not more than 50s if you break this rule. 9. Persons allowed to sec these races must not say rude words to the stewards or swear at jockeys who do not win, or otherwise behave improperly. PIRITE TE RERA TUKA. ! February 20, in the 20th year of the King.—Greeting;!. j .-ira ■