Wednesday, November 15, 1978

THE REVIEW

Page 9

Review Reporter blows office Christmas party fund at Sandown

By test Friday afternoon when
JIM GUTHRIE the writer was dispatched to

The rumour that sports | Sandown Park with $50 of
editors make better han- | his colleagues’ money. The
dicappers was put to the | assignment: parlay the sum

into an amount sufficient to
cover the costs of the an-
nual office Christmas
party.

Armed with tools of the
track (intuition, The Daily
Racing Form, and handicap
sheets from The Colonist
and Times) and bundled in
my warmest clothes, . |
headed ‘‘to where the
action is.”” .

Arriving a minute before
post time, f ignored the first
race and began com-
putations for the second.

It seemed a fairly easy
race to call with only three
horses . looking good.
Hedging my bet, I wheeled
the three - favourites
(wheeling three horses
means covering all three
combinations for the
quinella payoff. Quinella
» means picking the first two
horses despite the order
they finish) and bet $2 to
win on my favourite and $2
to place on my second
choice. :
My. prognosis was close
except for a minor flaw.
The horse I picked to come

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my
second.

Friday De:

second finished third and

third -horse came

And, although | won two

of my bets, pitifully small

odds resulted in receiving

$11.70 for $10 bet. On the

positive side | consoled my
self with the fact 1 had
recovered’ the admission
price.

Intuition told: me a long
shot was going to win or
place. second in the third,
resulting in a big quinella
payoff. Ignoring a hot tip
from. an old high-school
teacher, I backed Shelley’s
Pet rather than the other
decent |longshots Titan’s
Flyer with $5 quinella bets.
Shelley’s: Pet went into an
early lead and held it until
the backstretch where she
was passed by favourite
Dock Affair and just nosed
at the finish by Titan's
Flyer.

As | ripped up my tickets
in disgust, the. tipster was
saying: ‘‘What did | tell you
- What did I tell you.’’ He
pocketed. his two. $60
winning tickets for later
collection:

The fourth and fifth
races were reminiscent of
the second where I backed
the. favourites for safety
and put.a little money on
what looked like good.
horses with good odds. The
favourites won in both
cases and | did little better
‘than break even. ;

| EBandown Betting
~-Down This Year —

- Betting at Sandown race.

track was down this ‘year”

with the overall
averaging almost
“cent, -

decline
17 ‘per

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-(exactos are where you pick | Home Buckaroos take on
the first and second place .| Victoria Athletic.
horsesin correct order). Association for an exciting

; Big. Six hockey © league
| decided the only way to | game. :
success would be to stop Christmas Skating

The: "{horoughbied * ‘mect

wound up, one.day short of |
othe. allotted °17days ~ with’
pat so = however,” !
'. that the Victoria. area wants.
: thoroughbred efacing | Sand;

‘S said f tatly
season

three-day-a- week

cin a year or two.

“track is to pay purses large

: semen a chance to break’

I blame the track for my
failure in the sixth. A horse
named Weedonal had the
post. | recall Weedonal as
being a good: horse last
season who hasn’t lived up
to form yet this. year. In
such a case it can often be
said that the horse is due to
win and, when a jockey
change was announced for
Weedonal, I listened
closely. Don Frazier, an
apprentice jockey enjoying
second place in -wins at
Sandown this year, was to
replace Robert Bray, a
veteran. with. the second
poorest record.
receive at least.a five pound
weight allowance - and
Weedonal was listed in the
program as carrying 117

REVIEW
EDITOR) Jim Guthrie
wasn't . smiling - after
dropping Christmas fund at
the track.

SPORTS

There | was, after the By
fifth, not down but failing LORRAINE LENZI
miserably in my assignment | HOCKEY ACTION
and only. three races left, | AT PANORAMA!

On Saturday, November
the Western

two of which were potential

playing it safe and begin to
bet. hard on only two
horses. Picking two horses
in a field where four or five:
look good can be a gut-
wrenching affair.

Parties! Here’s your chance
to rent the arena during the
day for a skating party or
get.a few friends together
for a hockey game. Book
now for holiday time. - ,

“SMILE - OF THE
-WEEK’” in’: Recreation. at
‘Panorama. is -STEVE
|. JOHNSON, our Park and |
| Facilities... maintenance
worker. Although Steve is a
‘draftsman, . his’ interest lies
in botany and agriculture:
He is. a plus: to our indoor
-and outdoor plants. .
NEW /NEW..

only: .$2;597, 353. in the ull.
Last. year’s meeting lasted:
19 days...

‘Capital City Turf Club
president George: Harknett
noted. that the loss'was cut:})
‘by’ a-=.percentage =: points |:
‘during: * the. weekend”
‘proving: to." us,

Ree. Budget.
Forthcoming .....

provincial budget: ‘for: the
Peni nsula’

- we intend to give it to them’:

oWe | ‘are not Planning to’ 2on* “December: 18: at..which’

the. “recreation i
director: will

-Future » “Sionee for “next.
“include; the:

: possibility” of changing toa’
-- format:
with’ a hope: that Sunday.
: racing may. become a reality”

‘on ‘the’: “commission, - ‘Ald.’

Be three or four weeks. :
Racing secretary’ ‘Aubrey: De EVER .
Davies added that... a

‘change in the government
takeout’’: is- needed ‘if. the

‘Home Bake.
Sale...
enough 10° give’ the hor-
sale, - sponsored’. by
Progressive

‘Association,

‘the
even.

“It costs horsemen about
25 per cent more.to race in

‘Saanich and

’ Victoria. than~ on®: the | -the Margaret Vaughn-Birch -

. mainiand,’” .: Davies: “said, | hall in Sidney on Saturday,

~ “and some. relief | is: | November. 25, from 2to 4.
needed,"' p.m.

-pounds. ‘‘Would it mean,’’

} asked myself, ‘‘that
Weedonal would now carry
112 pounds with Frazier
aboard?’ This was not
clarified by the. announcer
and I: figured that so close
to post time a weight
allowance change would
probably not take place,
especially since it. had not
been announced, so 1] didn’t
back Weedonal.

Weedonal won and | was
left in the cold, figuratively
and literally, one again. The
payoff was a cool $110 fora

$5 quinella.

The seventh was a race
I'd picked earlier in: the
morning. It seemed to me
obvious that Sassie Driver
and Triple Two, both in

fantastic form of late,
would finish one-two. I was
surprised at the good odds
afforded my picks and
backed them accordingly.
Imagine my chagrin when
Sassie Driver ran out of
steam in the backstretch
and finished fourth.

With one race left and a
lot of ground to make up |
was: getting desperate. So
desperate, in fact, that 1
made a crucial error. |
overlooked Appenglow in
the form. Forms tell those
who look what class a horse
is in by listing purses that it
has run for. An after-the-
fact look at the form in-
formed me that Appenglow
was one of the classiest

special
seniors swim,
social in our lounge after

Town council: ‘will “have.
an opportunity: to study the’.

Recreation.
Commission ‘at: a~meeting

“centre |
be: present,”
“representative ;

Ross Martin, said. that the”
budget. should ° be: ready: in.

A tea and home ‘bake
Conservative.

‘the Islands, will be held ‘in:

horses’ running: that. day.

RECREATION NEWS.

“Puff n’Stuff will be our”
children’s movie this

November 18 at Sidney
School starting at 1 p.m.
Join us for this’ popular

attraction to our
will be a tea

the swim. A nice warm-up
after a relaxing swim!

Last, but not least. — } children’s movie.
my
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Accordingly, he finished
second ahead of my second
place pick Patient Echo.

I had finished out of the
money on the last three.
races resulting in. $70 ‘bet,
$45 returned for a net loss
of $25. Disappointment
weighed heavily on me as |
returned to the office with
the bad news.

Other than the fact that
they have cancelled the
Christmas Party due to a
dearth of funds, they took’
the whole thing rather well.

Perhaps next year....

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