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Horses For Hedging On-
Handicapper's Problem
BY "DONOVAN.“
For those punters who are pre- pared to have more than one bet on the Grand National 1 seems as though it will be safe for them to have Golden Miller as one of their hopes and be
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him now.
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rush in early with bets on any of the big events. There are «n.
before
manny risks attached, one is assured that the horses
chosen are runners. In the case.
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the general form of Just seiION. He has no other gulde and that being so it is fairly safe to reason that those animals which had a suc- cessful time last year will be cor- rectly weighed up to a pound.
It very often happens that 1 horse ques not carry over top form will get, I advise a bet now be
trom one season to another. There Cause it is quite likely that his are various factors to account for price will be much less as time this. The horses which the bandi- goes on. The odds of six от
capper finds most difficult to saven to one may not be gener-weigh up are those which did not ous but they are the best obtain- able
win" often, but ran consistently well and which showed that they There is another aspect, which had scope for improvement If applies as I said in my opening such horses are, say, coming to remarks to those who are ready their peak this season it is quite to make more than one bet, Later likely that the Lincolnshire Handi- on, having obtained 6 to 1 about cap winner is amongst them. Golden Miller, the punter will be Which horses would you place In a good position for hedging on in this category? With the entry other live candidates. And in a so unwieldy just now picking race like the Grand National there them out is not easy, but a few| is nothing like Having more than which come to my mind are Ne one string to your bow, provided {gundo, Zinder, Rasecrag, Kinjaal, that one's speculations are justi- Faltes vos Jeux, Luareat II, Fly- filed by the right odds.
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ing Torch, Zingaro and O'Grady. Though the entries for the race That's just a rough idea. After are less than usual all the "pos- careful study of the form book ON VIEW FROM WEDNESDAY, sible winners" are in. Those likely you might be able to add others THE 19TH FEBRUARY, 1836. to be useful for hedging purposes or eliminate. By the time the include such as Castle Irwell, Blue weights appear it may be possible Prince, Relted Hero, Royal Ran- to have decided ideas about one som, Avenger and Bachelor Prince. or two such horses, Reynoldstown, of course, will be
a
big factor in the market ahd
AT SANDOWN PARK, · There is a steeplechase of inter-
Piano Sold-The Birth of the,,the race, but his price will notest down. for decision at Bandown
Blues-Edythe Baker.
tempting. After his fine show Park on this Saturday. It seems Songs-Stuy as sweet as you are
("College Rhythm"). ' The Continental ("The Gay
Divorcee "Belle Baker. Organ Solo-One Kiss ("New
Moon").Reginald Foort. Vocal-The Hilly Billy Band.
Susanna from Alabama. The
Hul Billes, Orchestra--The Phantom of a
Song.
Radio Timer. Song-East of the Sun.-Leglie
Hutchinson..
9 to 9.15 p.m.-A Relay of the Daventry News Bulletin (Copy- right by Reuter). 9,15 to 9 32 p.m.-
Vocal Gems Musical Comedy Marches. "Wild Violets. 9.32 to 10 p.m.-
Light Orchestral Music Lane Wilson Melodies. Cinderella-A Phantasy (Eric
Coates).
By the Sleepy Lagoon (Eric
Coates).
Fieland Laddle (Carruthers).
10 p.m.-Big Ben: Close down,
BERLIN PROGRAMME
Programme
Engl).
9.15
Forecast
(Germ..
at Leicester the bookies will take no risks with him, even though it does take a horse and a half to win two Nationals in sucession....
PLODDERS.
h long time..since we had racing of any importance, but things should be bucking up from now on, The Pruce of Wales's 'Chase on Saturday will give a good start. It iz over a distance just under three. 'miles and threequarters, and one two National 'horses wi Uu seen out
There can also be added Lazy Boots and Uncle Balt, which com- pieces the number of horses which or Dnished last year. They were fourth and fifth respectively. From what has been seen of these ani- mals they are among the class usually described 13 plodders.
They have any amount of stamina and jump safely, which accounts for their haring found the Na cional course within their com-
push.
If they run in March they
will probably stick on their teet again, but every one of the many Grand Nationals I have seen has left me with the Impression that the plodding type of horse rarely wins, The attributes they possess seem to be just what is wanted for the course, but actually something more is required to get home trst.
Granted, there is not too much "grief" which, of course, can up- set all calculations, it is the fast
2.05 p.m.-Call DJA, DJB, DIN Jumper "which wins. The horse
(Germ, Engh).
which can take them in its stride speedily yet safely, is the one German Folk Song.
which will get its rivals into trouble. Of course, stamina is also un essential, and it is these tal- ents combined which make it so dimcult to spot the right type of horse, and which make the race so dificult to wh
Youth p.m.-Hitler
PTO-
gramine: Hour of the Nation's Youth. 945 p.m.-News in English on DJA
and in Dutch on DJB, DIN.
10 p.m-Variety Concert. In the
Intervali
"Humour from Overseas "--by
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11.15 p.m.-News in German -DJA, DJB, DIN. Close
DJB.
OT:
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11.30 p.m.--Reports of the Olympic
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11.45 p.m.-Some Beautiful Gramo-
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12 midnight. To with you Good
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12.16. a.m-News: in English
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RADIO MANILA
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6 p.m.-BuddyMarks and Rafael
Artigas.
6.15 p.m.-Tony's Investmenta.
He
Top-weight is REYNOLDS TOWN. He has 12st. 71b. Though neobviously has a harder task here than when he won at Leices- ter one cannut see any reason why he shouldn't triumph again. is in better condition than I ex pected, and so is likely to pick up several prizes before LiverCUL, comes round. He should hold Southern Hero at a difference of 71b. and should again beat Delan~ elge, who has not yet found" formi. MARECHAL NIEL is having a
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Australia Air Mail Exceeds All
Expectations
:
of the
The weight of air mail carried on the Brisbane-Singapore" section of the Australia-England service has appreciably exceeded the ex- pectations of officials and the predictions of the most enthu- siastic protagonists.
From the inauguration Australian service on December 10. 1934, up to the September 30, 1935, a total of 20,134 lb. of mali was carried out of Darwin by air for overseas countries. During the same period the weight of inpard air mail
aggregated 25,891 lb. The combined totals of inward and outward mails thus reaches Ane season. He has improved a the imposing figure ct 46,205 lb... lot, but is hardly I think up to or more than 20 tons of mail car- this class. Another which has im-ried by Qantas Empire Airways Dressed is FOUQUET, who has air line.-Qantas Empire Airways taken to 'chasing very well. I ex is the Company in association pect to see Blair's charge promin- with Imperial Airways, which ent, but the Journey will be a operates the Australian service severe test of his stamina..
between Singapore and Darwin, I want to see the Irish National winner, RATHFRILAND again be- fore tipping him to win. MELL- BURNE has a chance at 11st, and on the 10st: 12b. mark. I like the look of ALARMIST. He is a youngish 'chaser of some promise,
Allowing half-an-ounce, "a gene- zons weight, for each letter, we And that the number of indivi dual messages exchanged between Australian and Overseas by air mail was not less than 1,470,580..
The reason for the increasing BLUE PRINCE and LAZY | popularity of the air, mail is 10t BOOTS may not be ready yet, and difficult to discover. Many of the TEME GARTHER may find the leading commercial houses of Journey too far. A big danger Australia Andlag by -Experience may be the six-year-old GREEK that use of the air mail service You can look down the Grand GIRL. She has not accomplished has resulted in a substantial say- National roll of honour for the a great deal to far, but she has tting in communication charges, are past thirty years and you won't in her to make her light weight now sending all correspondence to She has quite good stamina Western Queensland, North Aus-
foot of the handicap,
which were not good ones. There
tel.
al-India, Egypt, Africa and Europe.
find more than one or two horses and may be the best of those near / tralia, Netherlands. Indies, Malaya. have been all sorts of winners at though LYNTON will attract at by air. Other firms have been
tancy prices but after-events pro- ved that they had the talent and that their victory was not a fuke. Even weight does not make sumei en
difference in this race that one could safely forecast the duc- cess of a "moderate horse.
the
tention
I don't beat
:
think there is
REYNOLDSTOWN
one to
and I take him to win with GREEK GIRL and FOUQUET as dangers.
Alice Worrick, Ramon Escu-, WEALTH OF "MEANING IN dero, Jerry, and his Romancers, Johnny Harris and Russ Aranma
7.30 p.m.-Studio Music.
8 p.m-On Wings of Bong with
Ramon Alberto,
2.15 pm-N.EPA. Programme.
8.30 p.m.-Spanish Informational 8.45 pm-Stock Quotations and
Period.
6.40 p.m.-English · Informational
Period.
635 p.m.-Stock quotations. through the courtesy of Swan, Culbert- son and Fritz.
7pm The Town Crier presents a
Quarter-Hour of Melody.
7.15 pm-Smart Music, featuring
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MONARCH'S NAMES
forced to follow suit, and thus the adr mail service has quickly deve- loped from a novelty to become an accepted phase of commercial Hfe in the Commonwealthling
of the patron saint of Scotland. which stands for "man."
Patrick, the name of the patron
saint of Ireland, contes from a Latin word for "moble." David, the name of the patron saint of Wales, is a Hebrew name meaning
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It was a happy idea to give the Prince the names of the patron saints of the four peoples of the British Isles.
"beloved." London, Jan. 25. Edward the Eighth has seven Christian names, and it is inter- esting to see the meaning of each. Local Market Reports.
Edward and Albert are Teutonic While the new King's designa-* pm-Nine O'Clock Monitor, names meaning "rich guard", and | tion is Edward the Eighth, he is 9.15 p.m.-Opera Night, featuring "nobly bright" respectively. Chris- really the eleventh King Edward "Cavalleria Rusticana" by tian is a Greek name meaning who has reigned over England. Mascagni, performed by "follower of "Christ." M Other There were three Saxon Kings of Artists, Charts, and Orches-names derived from the Greek are this name before the Norman Con- tra, of La Scala, Milan, con- George, the name of the patron quest-Edward the Elder, Edward' ducted by Carlo Sabaino, saint of England, meaning has the Martyr, and Edward the Con-
bandmar, and Andrew, the name fessor.
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