RACING AT ROTORUA

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 570, 24 January 1929, Page 10

RACING AT ROTORUA

RACING FIXTURES

CARD TO BE PRESENTED Provincial fixtures, no matter in what part of the province they are held, generally find favour with sportsmen in and around Auckland, and a meeting which will shortly engage the attention of racegoers is that held at Arawa Park. Rotorua, under the auspices of the Rotorua Racing Club — and a good meeting ir. should prove to be, too, for the programme submitted for its annual gathering fills all requirements. Hast year’s meeting was quite satisfactory from every viewpoint, and a continuation of the prevailing weather conditions will ensure for the club a two days’ outing which will go nigh to eclipsing all previous records. Naturally racing men evince most interest in the financial part of the question: that is, the distance of each respective race and what would be the profits accrued as the result of winning a heat. The Programme However, no complaint can come from this direction, for the stake money allocated to the two days amounts in all to a little over £2,500 The Rotorua Cup in itself is a race worth £3OO, not including a handsome gold cup valued at £SO. This event is run over- a mile and a-quar-ter and should prove to be one of the star attractions on the card. The supporting items on the first day’s programme are the Pohutu ITighweight. of £l4O. one mile: the Hot Springs Handicap, of £120; six furlongs; the Makoia Handicap, of £125, seven furlongs; the Waimangu Handicap, of £l2O, five furlongs; the Geyser Handicap, of £125, one mile: the Tourist Handicap, of £2OO, six furlongs; and the Arawa Handicap, of £l5O, one mile. For the second day the events consist of the Tarawera High-weight, of £l4O. one mile: the Electric Handicap, of £l2O, six furlongs; the Ohinemutu Hack Cup, of £l2O and silver cup valued £25, one mile; the President’s Handicap, of £220. one mile* the Rennie Handicap, of £125, seven furlongs; the Borough Handicap, of £175, six furlongs: the Flying Stakes, of £l2O, six furlongs; and the Farewell Handicap, of £l5O. seven furlongs. Nominations for all events close with the secretary, Rotorua, on Friday. January 25. at 0 p.m., and also at the office of the Avondale Jockey Club, Victoria Street, Auckland, on the same date, at 5 p.m.

January 22, 24—Walroa R.C. January 22. 24, 26—Wellington R.C. January 26. 29—Takapuna J.C. January 29. 30—Pahiatua R.C. January 30—Clifden R.C. January 31, February 2—Egmont R.C. February 2—Matamata R.C. February 6—Tapanui R.C. February 7, 9—Gisborne' R.C. February 7. 9—Taranaki J.C. February 9, 11—Rotorua R.C. February 14. 16—Dunedin J.C. February 14. 16—Wanganui J.C. February 14. 16—Poverty Bay T.C. February 16. IS—Te Aroha JC. February 20. 21—Gore R.C February 20. 21 Woodville J.C. February 21—Tologa Bay J.C. February 23—Canterbury J.C. February 27. 28—Dannevirke R.C. February 28—Walapu R.C. February 28, March 2—Marlborough R.C. March 2—Banks Peninsula R.C. March 6. 7—Rangltkei R.C. March 8. 9—Napier Park R.C. March y—Franklin R.C. March 13—Otautau R.C. March 14—Waimate R.C. March 16. 18— Uhinernurl J.C. March 19. 20—Southland R.C. REMINDERS Nominations tor the Rotorua R.C. annual fixture on February 9 and l 1 close at 8 p.m. next Friday, January 25, with the secretary at Rotorua, and also with the secretary of the Avondale Jockey Club at 5 p.m. Entries tor the annual meeting <->1 the Te Aroha Jockey Club at Te Aroha on February 16 and 18 close at 5 p.m on Wednesday, January 30, with the secretary, at Thames, or with Messers Blomfield and Co., Auckland. Entries for the Wanganui J C. summer meeting on February 14 and 16 are due at 8 p.m. on Monday’. January 28. ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT “Edendale.” —Desert Glow’s best time for a mile and a-quarter is 2.4 1-5, that being the time lie registered when lie won the Whangarei Cup in November of last year. However. there was some doubt expressed as to whether the distance of the race was correct, but inquiry elicited the information that the course had been surveyed just prior to the meet - ing.