Racing Notes.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 16, 2 July 1920, Page 7

Racing Notes.

The Winton Trotting Clab will race on Feb. 2nd, next season. Digger Cecil Hazlett has sold Top Note to W. Henderson, of Mataura. Secretary Frank Y'oung will attend the ' New Zealand Trotting Conference as the representative of the Gore Trotting Club. Digger Billy Muir was given a good sendoff from Winton recently. He goes to ihe North Island seeking better health. May he find it quickly. The Gore Trotting Club has again applied for Boxing Day for its annual. meeting, even though it clashes with the Dunedin Jockey Club's meeting on the samo day. The Forbury Park Trotting Club will race next season on December 2 and 4, February 5 and 7 (the sarae week as the Dunedin Cup Meeting), and May 5 and 7 (again clashing with the Ashburton Club's Autumn Meeting. Lieut.-Col. John Findlay, at oue tiine well known in Southland as a big farmer at Bayswater, has been elected a com-mittee-man steward on the Ashburton County Racing Club. Fred Thomas, of the Christchurch "Sun" has been appointed handicapper to the Geraldine Racing Club in plaee of Mr Gibhs of Gore, who held the position for severale years past. A recent notification in the Unpaid Forfeit List, should make other Southland owners careful in future to pay their dues to racing clubs, particularly when they have the cash. R. Reed with 591, wins to his credit is the top dog horsfeman, this season, Ashley Reed 56-g, and George Young 54^, are next. T. Helencourt, the owner of Black Mountain, is the name of t.he purchaser of Jock. "Put." Hogan was evidently knocked out by "Sir Modred" in the last round. "Sir Modred" can hit hard, and is reported to have several punches up his sleevo that are calculated to stop the Master of Rorke's Drift Lodge should he show any inclinaiion to fight on. To-night the members of the Wairio Jockey Club will do themselves and their guests well at a smoke concert at the 'Caps. A full report next issue. The Gore Trotting Club has given £50 to the local Fallen Soldiers' Memorial. What about the Southland Racing Club making a donation? Some of its well known members made the- supreme sacrifice. Caretaker Torn Marshall has been away on holiday in the North Island lately, but owing to floods in the Waikato district was prevented from seeing Lochella win the Auckland double. Tom doesn't think the Auckland steeplechase course is a steeplechasc course at all. The fences are very easily negotiated. For the Grand National double the two Lochella's are being soiidly supported. It should always be borne in mind that because top notchers cannot get m.ore than 12, st 71bs in the Grand National it does not follow that he is going to get tbe best of the handieap. Cub and Master . Strowan have good winning credentials recently, and Lochella with three starts aad three wins this season, after winning the National last year, must concede both of them a fair poundage. Lochella may win, but at the present time it looks as if he will have to head a very much better class than he downed at Auckland last month. Looking through the Unpaid Forfeit List as published in the "Refereo" this week, it is a great f eather iu the caps of the secretaries of the Southland clubs, and to the credit of Southland owners, that the list contains no entries by Southland clubs since April 5th, 1916. The whole list only contains two entries from Southland.