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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9679, 31 December 1909, Page 6

one and secv i in racing " is bent course that %aseitwO v diatinct rises when pitted against lighter lined contestants, in winning the Cup two years in succession, and this time carrying top weight All Red proved himself to be rone ol the beat handicap horses in the Dominion. The Wairarapa Haciog Club's Sum-* mer Meeting, which opens to-mor-row, is confidently expected to be one of the moat successful ever held sat Tauherenikau. An entirely new icourae was formed last winter, and is now in fine order. Some fast times are sure to be recorded in the open events. Nn less than six3jc?en horsts have been accepted for in tte Cup, and as the/ majority have been taken to the scene of action, a very fine race should be witn.'estd. The other events will be fought out by well-conditioned competitors, and some stirring contests should result. The lame of the Wairarapa Racing Club's course has reached from one end of the Dominion to the other. Tha advertisement relating to a race meeting held at the North of Auckland last week contained special mention of the natuial scenery, and in bold type were the -words " Second Tauherenikau, Wairarapa, Course " At the Ashhurst meeting on Wednesday Mr J. Cress' Pukewai and Thera ran really good races. The first-named found the distance, 4 J furlongs, rather short, and finished second, while Thera got badly away, and in a L faat race finished in third place. Red Seal, by San Fran—Seal, bred by Mr A. W. Cave, of Maaterton, showed a lot of speed in the Welter Hack at Ashhurst, but was not sufficiently forward in condition to run out the 7 furlongs. Some of the leading journals of the Dominion are now commenting on the wretehed starting that ia ■witnessed at the majority of race meetings. The time should not be lar off when the so-called starters, who must know they are utterly incompetent to do justice to the positions, will voluntarily resign, and enable their places to be taken by jnore proficient officials. Larea, a half-brother to Penates, will be a starter in the Maiden Hack at Tauherenikau to-morrow, and the contestants wJil ( also include the highly-bred Whimbrel, by Birkenhead—Merganser, Week by week the necessity of the desirability of the appointment of stipendiary Stewards is becoming impressed upon the minds of those of the sporting public who watch racing at all closely. Very few meetings paH<? off without some more or less glaring instances of horses "not' •wanted"' beirjg noticeable. Stewards of clubs appear to have strong dislikes to bring delinquents before xhem, and appear to prefer gatherings passing off without any inquiries being held to mark the smoothness of the general arrangements. While this pertains there are owners who take advantage of it, and it is becoming an acknowledged

fact that notoriously unsatisfactory running will from time to time occur until the Kacing Conference takes the matter up in earnest, and appoints stipendiary stewards to watch the racing.