TARANAKI JOCKEY CLUB

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 43, 21 February 1939, Page 4

TARANAKI JOCKEY CLUB

FINE AUTUMN PROGRAMME. ENTRIES DUE TO-NIGHT. The Taranaki Jockey Club has issued an attractive programme for its autumn meeting to be held at New Plymouth on March 9 and 11, and the card provides a variation of races which should prove sufficiently popular to attract large nominations. The principal event on the opening day is the Taranaki Cup, one mile and three furlongs, of £5OO, including a trophy valued at £5O. The chief handicap on the second day is the Paul Memorial Handicap, which will be decided over a mile and a-quarter, for a stake of £3OO. The open sprints at the meeting comprise the Flying Handicap and the Urenui Handicap, six and seven furlongs respectively, of £2OO and £175. The Taranaki Hack Plate has been replaced on the first day this year by the County Hack Handicap, seven furlongs, for which a prize of £2OO is offered, including a trophy valued at £25, donated by Messrs. J. Buchanan and Co., Ltd. A change has also taken place in the conditions of the two juvenile events. Previously open for both two and three-year-oids, only two-year-olds are now eligible to compete. The main event on the second day is the 25th Taranaki Stakes, six furlongs, the entries for which have closed. Hacks, novices and hurdlers have been adequately catered for at the meeting, and no race on the programme is worth less than 1130. Nominations for a'.! event.-;, except the Taranaki Stakes, will close with the secretary, Mr. C. B. Webster. Box 33. New Plymouth, to-night at 9 o'clock, when a forfeit of £1 for the classic event is also due

WHERE THERE'S A WILL

HIGH CASTE AND DISDAIN The transfer of High Caste, Di dain, and Stretto to Australia la: month was achieved in an unusu. way through the efforts of t. trainer, the former jockey, R. : ' Bagby, says a Melbourne exchange Bagby’s attempts to get money ft his trip to Australia at first taiie because of the Government’s nemonetary policy. It was the Otranl on a cruise to Auckland that ga\ Bagby the idea of exchanging his Ne’ Zealand money with Australian toui ists. As the visit of the Otranto Wi limited to a day, most of the tourisl required only £1 to £2 of New land money.' Bagby and his frienc approached the passengers and, i small amounts, soon changed sull cient money to enable High Caste an his two companions to be shipped t Melbourne. Bagby laughed as 1 referred to his unwieldy bundle < small Australian notes. Unless some modification of tl New’ Zealand Government's monetai restrictions are made, Australia racegoers are not likely to see mail other New Zealand horses race i Australia this year. If High Cast and his stablemates are successful i Australia, or they- are sold, the mone must be returned to New Zealand.