Cambridge Stakes Spoils Divided

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 44, 14 May 1927, Page 9

Cambridge Stakes Spoils Divided

WELL DISTRIBUTED GOVERNMENT’S PORTION The amount of stake money, £1.200, allotted by the Cambridge * Trotting Club for its meeting last week was pretty well distributed among owners, no fewer than 21 owners sharing the spoils of the eight races. This result proves that the competition was keen and that the handicapper had assessed the contestants in a manner that did not allow of a few performers picking up the bulk of the prizes. PRINCIPAL WINNERS Mr. A. J. Charles, through the agency of his representative, Rock Hinton, who won the Cambridge Cup last Saturday, was the principal stake-lifter for the meeting, his winnings totalling £225 and a silver cup valued at 25 sovereigns. Mr. S. G. Larcom followed with £155, the amount due for Kolmar’s fine effort in the Bardowie Trot. Mr. W. N. Paul, the Te Awamutu light harness enthusiast, collected £llO as the result of Golden Grattan’s successful exploit in the Hautapu Handicap and this amount was further augmented when Our Pirate finished second in the saddle race, receiving 25 sovereigns, bringing Mr. Paul’s winnings up to £135. Mr. J. Lynch, owner of Uncle Bert, was the richer by £llO, when his gelding crossed the line well in front of the field in the President’s Handicap. Other first prize winners were Messrs. Schon (Lola Reklaw) £9O, Benjamin (Paradigm) £7O, Jones (Mars) £7O and Hosking (Admiral Lock) £7O. PAYING EXPENSES

The place money was well distributed and 13 owners received amounts set aside for the second and third performers. The remuneration in almost every instance will at least pay bare expenses in connection with the gathering, while in one or two cases, where the second money was on a more liberal scale, or where an owner succeeded in securing plural place money, there would be something to assist in paying for training operations. Those •who were ranged in this category comprised Messrs. Saunders, Cunningham, Pay, F. Smith, Molone, Gee, Birchall, McQuoid, J. F. Paul, A. W. Paul, Currie and Scholum, Laurence and Maxted and Mrs: Oliver. AN EASY WINNER Out of the £1,200 distributed by the club, the Government representative Tax, by Pressure out of Stakes, lifts the neat little cheque of £6O. As the owners of this chap are not put to the expense incurred by others who race for the sport, it can truly be said Tax is an easy and certain winner. This is not the only win the Government candidate makes a moral of at every meeting, and its owners always have the thick end of the stick at the expense of those who follow the pastime.