GIVING IT UP

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 68, 11 June 1927, Page 8

GIVING IT UP

GAME TOO HARD POPULAR OWNER RETIRWG EVANS’S NEW VENTURE One of the most popular, patient persevering light harness enthusiasts in the Auckland Province ha* definitely decided to retire from the busine®. WEvans, owner-trainer of that good consistent pacer Master CounclUcr, the speedy, but erratic, Moko Chiet throwing in the towel, having * the game, and the roads, too bird ‘‘The conditions obtaining at A' ~ n * dra Park for getting horse* ready t« race are unsatisfactory and ther* Bit no other facilities offering,” err'il ol the retiring owner. KEPT ON SMILING Mr. Evans, during the time he hat been actively connected with the *porhas not enjoyed a great deal « ™ sunshine of Dame Fortune's nevertheless “Bill,” as he is known, has stuck gamely to icpjj ness and kept on smiling- . adverse conditions, the Master Councillor has been an ist, but the unfavourable . we *~jL which trainers experienced prior . Cambridge fixture, and of more date, and which has severely tnwr fered with training operations, n*» Evans to think that after all it n worth while. SOUTHERN ADVANTAGES “I quite agree.” stated during a conversation with A&T “with the remarks in THE SUN* PJ®. ing out that with the spell of and other facilities enjoyed by ern trainers, horses from t:na* will be far more forward tnao Aucklanders. NEVER GOT HIS CUP Like his owner, the Holly gelding, Master CounogJ*, favourite with the general pubn Evans will lease the old pacer, .. his “lines are cast in pleasant P he may pick up another stake! Master Councillor made sever** f tempts to win a Cup during n *. ?uC . with owner Evans, but to ceed, although he went ver * j ofl pulling off a trophy, being six occasions in such neats. CHANGE OF OCCUPATION Mr. Evans, who was also TTTm cf favourably known as ''m, I®® 1 ®® g-jffc* the Northland and United . -thirst Hotels, is returning to tne m/CS quenching” business, and wi orCbe found installed as theisnau prietor of the Waiwera. Hotel-- , 0 the light harness enthusiast occasional dividend with *“_ . m riJlc' and several with Master nncerthere was always the tainty of the game to he in with; but it is safe to “Waiwera,” the genial sportsm be a sure winner. KAPAI WAIWERA "Bill” Evans and Mr.ster Cot® will once more be coCandra Park, before they t<s pany, and It would be a fituns nation to a flue Partnership they succeed in landing a. -• 0 , pair will have the best wi esttl. sporting public in tll . ( : 1 L. ! ® s Mr while all sportsmen wi-I {or tu»* Mrs. Evans the best of » in their new venture, . Waipiro” and “Kapai te W -