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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 42, 19 February 1931, Page 8

HERE AND THERE

This Week's Racing. Racing for the remainder of tho week will be at Wanganui, Riccarton, and Dargaville on Saturday. Trotting meetings will be conducted on Saturday iit Auckland and Kaikoura. Napier Park Meeting. The Napier Park- Racing Club will not conduct a meeting next mouth, but it has not released its permit, and it is possible that dates will be applied for later on in the season. Meeting Abandoned. The Hororata Racing Club has abandoned, its meeting, which was to have been held on 28th March, and it is probable that the vacant permit will be used by the North Canterbury Racing Club. Unlikely to be Held. The Ilawkcs Bay Jockey Club has not yet officially abandoned its Autumn Meeting, but it is unlikely, in view of a resolution passed at a meeting of the committee prior to the earthquake, that the -meeting will now be held. If the permit is released it is almost certain that it will be used by another North Island club. One club that is hopeful of obtaining it is the Stratford Racing Club. Earthquake Relief. The. only clubs to which permission has so far. been given to' convert their ordinary meetings into earthquake benefit meetings have been tbe Taranaki Jockey Club a.n,d the Dannevirke- Racing Club, both on identical conditions. In at least two instances' permission has been refused. Star Comet Resumes. Star Comet has been brought into work again by. the Te Rapa trainer, A. P. Brady. The Day Comet—The Whip gelding was -showing a return to form in the

MEETINGS TO COME. Feb. 19 —Tolaga Bay J.C. Feb. 19, 21—Wanganui J.C. Feb. 19, 21—Dargaville R.C. Feb. 21—Canterbury J.C. Feb.. 25, 26—Woodvllle District J.C. Feb., 25, 26.—Gore R.C. Feb. 26.—Walapu R.C. Feb. 27, 28.—Jlarlborough R.C. Feb. 28, Mar. 2.—Te Aroha J.C. Mar. 4, s.—Rangitikel R.C.

jumping ranks at the holiday period, and when freshened up for the autumn and winter campaigns he should make his presence felt. . ■ , For Four Guineas. ■ | A real live thoroughbred horse went into the ring at Wingatui on Friday (says "Sentinel"). The knight of the rostrum finally .extraetcdy after - a volume of cliquence, a bid of two guineas. Bids followed at half-guineas to four guineas. "Shall I sell him?" asked the wiclder of the hammer to the vendor. "Certainly," most emphatically came the man who was parting with his thoroughbred quadruped. Again in Work. ■ Valuation is again among the track workers under A. Tinker's charge at Te Rapa. The Valkyrian gelding, who won three events from nine starts last season, made his last appearance in public at the Avondale Meeting in the autumn, when he ran unplaced. Valuation, while not always consistent, showed a lot of speed in his races. He may stay on better now. Windbag Gelding. Knight-of Australia, who contested the Putaruru Stakes at the Matarnata Meeting, is interesting from the aspect of breeding. This two-year-old gelding ia by the Australian champion Windbag from Belle Shot. Knight of Australia, who evidently possesses speed, carries the colours of Mr. F. Rose, and is trained at Matamata by J. ID. Anderton. Flemington Favourites. At most recent advice, favourites for the V.X.C. Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup, to be run on 28th February, and 7th. March respectrvely,were:— Newmarket Hanilicap: Holdfast, Pure Blend,. Walvin; Green • Wave, .Taurus, Umbertana,' Zanzibar; and Wise Force. Australian Cup: 'Glare,: Stowe, .. Second Wind, Iduna, The Dimmer, Lady Kentrel, .L'ampra.'.arid'Soulton. ' • : Valuable : ' • For probate purposes the thoroughbreds owned by the late Mr! H. P. Whitney, the millionaire American sportsman, ■in Fayette County, Kentucky, were valued as follows:—Seventeen stallions, £46,650; 106 brood mares, £61,140; 45 foals, £22,----310; sixteen horses in training, £7200. The more valuable horses were trained elsewhere; ■■■ • . To Race Next Week. King Ford has not been seen in public since the Takaptma Spring Meeting, at which he went amiss while racing in the open sprint on the concluding day, but he returned to work at Te Rapa a few weeks back, and is reported to be carrying a very healthy appearance. It is the intention of his trainer, J. F. Tutchen, to race him at Te Aroha. Gesture's Sister. It is difficult to estimate just how good Miss Nottava (Chief Ruler—Nottava) is, says a Sydney writer. She is not quite so bad coming round a turn now as previously, but is hardly perfect, and came wide in the Havilah Handicap at Randwick on 27 th January, despite a stronger horseman. When she sets sail down the straight she is a galloping machine, and typical of her elder sister, Gesture, when she was at her best last season. Miss Not-' tava is not a big filly, but she is solid, and will carry a fair amount of weight. There is also no doubt about her ability to stick on. Taranaki Winners. Winning owners at the Taranaki Jockey Club's Meeting last week were as follow:—Mrs. C. E. Elgar, £610 and gold cup valued at £100; Dr. M. M. Milsom, £350; Messrs. W. G. Emeny £225, K. D.' Duncan £220, T. Fraser £100, T. A. Duncan £155, E. and N. F. Foreman £150, Pone Tito £145, A. Alexander and W. Kirkland- £140 each, J. Fryer £125, G. M. Currie £120,' W. H. Gals'for'd and T. J. and P. O. O'Neill £115-each, B. Andrews and R. Grace'£loo each, L. M'Kenzie £65, A. E. Neale £CO, J. Somerton £55, G. R. Crawford and It-.-W. Roberts, F and H. J. Startup, and .W. S. Glenn £50 each, Mrs. W. D. Graham, J. O'Sullivan, and B. H. Edkin.£4s each, F. S. Bluett £35, W. Pine and Mrs. L. Sleightholme £30 each, R. Johnson £25, J. T. Wade and R. Brough £20 each, C. Campbell, H. Cleland, and J. A. Officer £15 each. Great Argentine Stud. From 1915 to 1929 Mr. M. de Hoz's famous Argentine stud, Chapadmalal, had winners on the turf of a total of £865,----500. . One of the most successful of his stallions in that period was lately deceased Craganour (by Desmond from Veneration II.), who won the Derby, but lost the race on disqualification. After that race Craganoui- was sold with the proviso that he should not again be raced in any country. Mr. dc Hose paid £30,000 for the horse. From 1917 to 1929 the progeny of Craptanour won 679 races worth about £280,000. Parwiz (a brother of the Two Thousand and Derby winner, Manna) is now at the same stud, and his

stock give great promise. It is stated that values of bloodstock have declined about 25 per cent, in the Argentine, as in other countries. Odds and Ends. Acceptances for the first day of the Woodville District Jockey Club's Autumn Meeting are due at 9 o'clock to-morrow evening. Nominations for the Wellington Racing Club's Autumn Meeting close at 9 o'clock on Monday evening, when forfeits are also due for the New Zealand St. Leger Stakes and the North Island 'Challenge Stakes. Nominations for all events at tho Dannevirke Racing Club's Autumn Meeting close at 9 o'clock to-morrow evening (telegraph oflice closes at S p.m.). Entries for the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase closed with 81 nominations, three fewer than last year, and the smallest total since 1027, when the figure stopped short at C 9. The record was the 121 of two seasons ago. Homelight, the.half-brother by Illumination to Hakanoa, who is a member of B. !S. Paterson's team at Te Rapa, has only hud two races, but lie is a well-developed thoroughbred and gives evidence of paying his way. W. Cook is to ride Stowe in the Australian Cup. This imported horse won at Williamstown a fortnight ago, and is now one of the favourites for the Flemington event. M. M'Carten, the former New Zealand jockey, is making a bold bid to head the jockey's list in Sydney this season. A week ago he was in second place two points behind E. Bartle. Large stakes are to be won in the Unite" States. The three principal winners last season were:—Gallant Fox, £01,625: Equipoise, £31,367; and Jamestown, £30,385. .