TELEGRAPH HANDICAP

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 January 1941, Page 3

TELEGRAPH HANDICAP

■ SHOULD PROVIDE A GOOD RACE I ' | The Telegraph Handicap at the Wel- ■ lington meeting should provide a keen ! contest, as a number of the best com- ! petitors are of fairly equal merit. Kath- ■ bella has. since being tried over middle ' distances, lost some of her early speed . in a race. If she can reproduce her ! form when she won the Waipipi Handicap at Masterton in October she will be hard ‘to beat. Though. Doria ran unplaced at Dunedin in December she won her two previous races —one at Napier Park and the other at Dunedin on Boxing Day On present form she has certainly a strong claim on the race. Arvakur is a very likely proposition on the 8.8 mark. A second and two thirds at the recent Auckland meeting suggest that a return to previous top form is at hand. Black Thread has a solid 9.3 to carry—the lop-weight—and a decided improvement on recent form will require to be shown before he is capable of saluting the judge. His last win was at Woodville early in December. Sir Crusoe and Sir Beau have shown good form on the tracks recently. The latter has scored better with the colours up than Sir Crusoe winning at Awapuni and at Auckland the latter event being a mile race in which he beat Royal Chief. Sir Crusoe’s last win was at Otaki early in December.

If Millie can reproduce her best form this season she should be given a chance. She ran a splendid second i< Piraie King at Auckland on New Year's Day. Rakahnnga roads the best of the others. The popular fancy may bo Kathbclla.. Dmiu and Arvakur. with Millie as a good outside chance. Schoolgirl in Good Form. Schoolgirl is in good form am* is definitely to start in the Wellington Cup She has made a marked improvement in recent months, and in all her races has given every indication of staying on. To win a Wellington Cup seems to bo 100 big an ordeal for her. but nevortheloss she can be depended on to make a bold showing under her feaihct impost. Rides for Ellis. As soon as Beau Vite was withdrawn from the Wellington Cup. A I-'.. Ellis accepted a mount on Catalogue. Ellis's other mounts on Thursday will be: Iceland Spar Black Thread, and Trench Fight. Bockmaker Defrauded. A tiny radio receiving set concealed up a coal sleeve enabled a man with a woman accomplice to defraud a Randwick bookmaker of £32 al Sydney With the aid of the radio the man wot able '.<>• place two bets on Whealcar after that horse had actually won tin second division of the Beaumaris Handicap at Mentone. The woman collected the winnings amounting to £32 and £lli. as soon as Wheatcar was posted a winner, but a smart clerk of one bookmaker became suspicion.; and chased the pair and forced the man to return the £ IG. The man placed his two bet’ on Wheatear about 2 p.m , at which hour the second division of the Beaumaris Handicap was timed to start, lb later stood in front of the board, hr arm resting on the woman': shoiildei and close to his car. The woman wa.: holding tip a form guide, which macle an < lleclive smother” fur the man 'lla* clerk who chawd the couple alier tin woman had collected the bet i sml tn have found that the m;m had a mu.i.ature receiving set with an carpho! < the size of a fi,< piece, up he sleeve The clerk wa ; given isaei: £ IF. the man and woman ihcn dr;ippr;u-c<l before the other bookmaker o i.ld tie informed of what It.id happened Th* racing supervising s'..!f '.v.e e.ullcd but il wa . then too hi,, to t; - ~:.y actum Both bookmaker n IwH”., that the;, v.. 11 be abk :. w .m thcouple and if the- maim ; *■- :h*-i appearance <>n a S's;- rirrrniu <■ they will in> pamti’d ;■ .■i'lwak