RACING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 126, 28 May 1919, Page 7

RACING NEWS.

(By WHALEBONE.) FIXTCRES. 1, Mar 29—Taratahi-Carterton B.C. May 31, June 3 and s—Auckland5 —Auckland B.C. t June 3, 5 and 7—Dunedin J.C. June 3 and 4—Otakl-ilaorl B.C. ..une 6—Horowhenua B.C. r June 12 aud 14—Gisborne B.C. ' June 13—Poverty Bay Hunt Culb June 20 and 21—Natder Park B.C. 1 June 27 and 28—Hawke's Bay J.C. " July s—Otago Hunt Club Julr 8. 10 and 12—Wellington H.CIdra was lame after working at Ellerslie j. on Saturday morning. c L. H. Hewitt is now in Auckland, and l Intends rcßidlng here. Seville, by Penury from Orange and Blue, \ has been purchased Dy W. Windsor. £ 1 Royal Irish -was seen at work at Ellerslie £ the other morning, being got ready for the •hunt meets. The Needlegun gelding which raced at Avondale in the name of Titiro has had his ( name changed to Sniper. i Dr. Grant Informed mc this morning that he will ride Gatherer at the coming meeting in one ol' his engagements. % i Colonel Soult has had a supporting i bandage on his off foreleg on several morn- t ings, but continues to do pleading work. t J. Bryce took Lieutenant south with him last week after the Otahuhu T.C. Meeting, and it Is understood will train him there. s Paraoa is the Maori way of pronouncing \ * the English word flower. He will bloom r directly, and all Taranaki will be Joyful. J Post Ha3te Is a smart-looking son of Sau Francisco and Fleetfoot, who may be handy . in one of the flat races at the corning meet- ! ing. ' Enripos, Bore and Post Haste put ln an | appearance at headquarters this morning, , and are looking bright and ready for busl- i Dess - 1 S. Henderson will ride Thrace in the Great Northern Hurdles, and, that gelding ] is a little more in favour again for that ( event. c Snuh was the only Xew Zealand-owned ;; flat-race performer entered for the Autumn ] ] Meeting of the A.B.C. to get a hit of place : i money. Bedford is the leading one of the" few ] before breakfast workers at Ellerslie, and , is looking very well. He usually works ,] with Hessian. • j; li Jacaranda, who fell on Saturday while ! schooling, is none the worse for the fall. ; ; His owner-trainer, Green, has his arm in' a 11 sling, however. | There were eight starters for the Second I Steeplechase at Randwick, won by Glen- j qnin, with Old Mangindi secondhand Ply- I mouth third. Fonr fell. Harold Devon, the pacer, has been re- i turned to his owner In Canterbury. Twomile races apparently axe too far for him, j but he should win a race soon. A. J. McFlynn has during the season confined bis attention pretty well to flat racing, ' but is taking the mount on Cynic in the ! Great Northern Hurdle Race on Saturday, j Waimai continues favourite for the Great Northern -Steeplechase, but Troublesome may not lack for very strong support on the day and may run him close for the position. A. E. Neale, a returned soldier, who rode with success and trained horses for some years in Hawke's Bay, has returned from the war and intends to take up similar work in future. Plymouth, who proved rather a disappointing gelding when Mr. Gerald Stead I ■brought him to Maoriland, managed to get a place in one of the A.J.C. Steeplechase . events last week. H. Eva, who was training in Wellington for some time, has taken stables at Ellerslie, where he expects to have several horses shortly. The hunter Swastika is under his care just now. The name of Bore, an acceptor for the Maiden Steeplechase, to be run on Saturday at the A.B.C. Great Northern Meeting, was omitted from the list as it appeared . in some Southern papers. ' I Mr. Albert Hill has never had the Auckland Racing Club's racing domain looking more perfect than it does at the present time. A place of beauty and a joy for ever, and nothing out of place there. Of 49 horses nominated for the Jervois ■Handicap, 40 -were paid up for. Thus £129 was received, towards the stake of, £230. It win, in all probability, be the bestpaying race on the programme on Saturday. For winning the two hurdle races at Wanganui Century and May, Eurlpos has a 71b penalty in the Great Northern Hurdles. For winning at the Manawatu Meeting Sleight of Hand does not receive and extra poundage. Seadown with more experience should take out a good hurdle race before long. He was unlucky to run against a suag like Eurlpos, when everything looked so favourable for him to score last week at Wanganui. He met the best hurdler from the South Island, and one of the best, If not quite the best, over a long course In the North Island in Paraoa, and split them. His preparation had been interrupted , through a cut on one of his forelegs, and I this Is said to have been the reason he did j not race at the Wellington Meeting. j To-morrow (Thursday) morning there will , be plenty of good work at Ellerslie, and I there is sure to be a large muster of spec- • tutors to view it. There was a large crowd • out on Tuesday. It Is intended by Mr. , A. Hill to have the outside of the course proper open for horses doing fast work, and i after 0.30 a.m. the hurdles will be put up . for the jumpers to school over on the course proper, and some interesting goes are looked for. - j t Art and Paraoa are to be put together i i for a good working gallop over the obstacles, i In Auckland successes of visiting horses j 'I-have become so usual that racegoers know; ', | what to expect. There is one very I . 1 noticeable thing about most of the races I ' for which the handicaps for the Whiter I M Meeting were issued. Anckland in all mit I l two races provided the top-weight candl-1 s ! dates. A double penalty elevated Pol- j r thogue to the top in the Maiden 'Steeple- ' chase. Now he has been scratched. Tenat cious and Bore are on level terms. Parisian 5 Diamond hearts the list in the Members' , Handicap, but Auckland-owned horses are ton-weight carriers in the other sis events. D '• At Wanganui, the writer met V. Collelo, c the well-known Hawke's Pay trainer, and „ mention was made of the fact that Mr. Frank Armstrong had lost three good 3 horses in The Spaniard, Morning, and 1 Yellow and &}]ack in a comparatively few j. years. Collelo at once reminded mc that he had himself lost more horses through 5 accidents, adding that Braeburn. with f which gelding he won the Wanganui , Steeplechase last year, dropped dead after running second in his last race, the Napier ! Steeplechase. Steeplechaslng and hurdle • racing take from us every year ti few f jumpers. Yellow and Black, by All Black, and ■Bernice, by Signor, were added to the I long roll at Wanganui. • The hunting folks of Auckland intend ■ doing their bit during Fleet Week in I August, on the occasion of the visit of the I (New Zealand and other warships, with the j Prince of Wales-, Lord Jellicoe, and their' j commanders and oflicers, some of whom j are said to be fond of hunting and are! horsemen. It its intended to hold a Point- | to-roint Steeplechase Meeting somewhere! I in the country. convenient to the eitv ' | There are a number of suitable and de-1 lightful spots if they can be secured for the occasion. The Farmers' Steeplechase j will be the chief one of the day.- No doubt I Waikato settlers and members of the "Wal- ■ kato Hunt would join with the Paknrnnga j Hunt in making the meeting . representative of the Auckland province ; Royalty is expected to be present in the ■ person of the sailor prince, who visited the Dominion in the New Zealand on the 'occasion of her first visit prior to- the war..

F. Tutchen is expected to ride the top weights, Kanri King and Waimai, In the two Great Northerns, and J. Decry will be on Paraoa and Troublesome in the same races. Veterinary Glover has taken quarters at the Horse Infirmary in Albert Street, so long known as Halstead's. The Halsteads —father and son—came of a long line in the veterinary' business. Grafton Tot, showing no signs of soreness, arrived with Loch Ella from Wanganui on Tuesday night. The first-named showed - no signs of the soreness that was noticeable after he ran last week. He was given 1 good striding work. Yankee Jack was the nickname of a onetime publican in the early days of the I Bulls township, and it was probably in recollection of the fact that Mr James Bull, after whose father the township was called, j named his jumper. Mr. James Bull's horses. Master Lupin, AH Over, Omahu and Ruddy, arrived at ; Ellerslie on Tuesday night and were out at exercise this morning. Master Lupin, the king pin of the team, looks well seasoned for the tasks ahead of him. 1 | If a race were put on a programme at - Ellerslie for veterans at the jumping business, I fancy a greater number could be brought together there than anywhere else in the Dominion. There is a good deal of , vitality about some of them too. The scratching of Tankee Jack for all engagements at the Great Northern Meeting j dates from Monday, at 5.43 p.m. He waj ! well supported ln doubles, aud was thought I to hare a fair chance in the Great Nor- j thorv; Steeplechase s?y many punters, though j a ; i ■'.'hey were discussing the meaning of i ' -.-ci-tain names of horses the other morning I. 3t Ellerslie, when that of Polthogue was mentioned. A son of the Emerald Isle was [, isskfd for a definition, and facetiously re- ' plied, "It is a bit too classic for mc. Do. you take mc for an Italian?" I do not like to appear an alarmist, but I am much afraid that Sir Fisher's schooling essay on Tuesday morning found a .weak spot in his understandings. He wor&ed this morning steadily and came back favouring one of his fore legs very pronouncedly, and it would not surprise mc in the least were he scratched before long. !; A really fine lot of hurdle horses can be j: looked for when the field goes out for the Great Northern Hurdle Race on Saturday. Sleight of Hand, Kauri King, Eurlpos, Art. ; Thrace. Paraoa, Master Lupin. Colonel j Soult. Te Onga, Ditto, Cynic, Sir Fisher and 1 Kinkora are a baker's dozen very hard indeed to beat for all-round qualifications. Just before leaving Wanganni for Auckland the owner of Polthogue informed the writer that he intended sending the son of uPatronus to compete at the Great Northern I Meeting, but on Tuesday scratched him for ! j all engagements. The Maiden looked a soft ! thing for the gelding in the light of WanI ganni form. His presence would have lent | interest to the event. I It is pretty well certain that more race j'; I records were put up during the present t j season in New Zealand than iv any other, j I It could he proved hy going hack over the j j records of the pa st. Fast times are largely j dne to the condition in which the . tracks | ! are kept and the weather conditions, but | 1 most of the records have been lowered by rattling good horses. Three winners on tl c first day of the Wanganni Meeting, anc two of them dividend payers on the second, had names of \ Greek origin. They were Astinome, by jManiapoto from Hellenois: Demos, by DeI mosthenes and Enripos (should it not be ! Euripus?). by Hymettus. Hymettus is a Mountain of Attica, famous for honey and , also for a marble quarry. J Te Oro, whose name figures in the Jervois Handicap, is a three-year-old colt by Wanchope, standing well over sixteen hands in height, and was bred by a native settler in the Waikato. who has a likely . full sister to him. The breeding of their dam is untraced. so we have been informed, hut there cannot be much amiss with it . when.she can prodnce a colt like Te Oro to [ 1 Mr. Ring's horse, who was himself a pretty - good one. DUNEDIN ACCEPTANCES. (By Telegraph.—Press Assdciation.) DUNEDIN, Tuesday. The following acceptances have been received for the Dunedin Club's Winter Meeting:— . ! Trial Hurdles, one mile and a-half.—San Sebastian 11.2, Tip Up 10.9, Calma 10.2, Klnfbolton 10.2, Palisade 9.13. Hardshot 9.5, •St Cletus 9.0. Handsome Bay 9.0. Brighton Handicap.—Sleepy Head 8.13, . IGlenshine 8.9. Admiral Talbot 5.9, Nautical 18.6, Mirza 8.6, Lady Superior 8.5, March- ' ing Order 8.4, Mettle Drift 8.3, Night Alarm I 8.3, Monevmusk 8.2, Cattach 8.2. Black Mountain 7.9. Cannie Jack 7.5, Lady Links 7.8, Oothilde 7.7, Barrister 7.7, Blazeaway 7.7. , Birthday Handicap.—Rorke*s Drift 9.11, •Wardancer 8.9, John Barleycorn S.S, Marsa 8.4, Eleus 5.3, Burragong 7.0, Tin Soldier 7.0, St. Amiel 7.0, High Water 7.0. "• Otago Steeplechase.—Vascular 11.3, Kaukopanul 11.3. Silversplre 11.2. Zarkoma 10.11, Palladio 10.10, Morecambe 9.13, Nlta 9.13, Bollin 9.13. i Tradesman's Handicap, six furlongs.— ' Kilbrogan 9.13. Mortham 8.10, Buller 8.10, ' Wrestler 8.6, Caverock 8.4, Palamon 7.13, (Pyjama 7.11, Bedshire 7.10, Belair 7.9. Braid 7.8, Kilmedy 7.0, Glenspouse 7.0, Thistle- ' crown 7.0. Winter Welter 'Handicap, one mile.— Indus 9.13, Kilkee 9.11, Thaddens 9.8. Gunl rest 8.13, Claverhouse 8.12, All Ready 8.11, Borodino 8.8, Subterfuge 8.7, Red Admiral . 8.5, King of the Valley 8.2. Don Paeifico 8.2, I Jock 8.0, Wild Pilgrim 8.0. Partisan 8.0. I Hack Steeplechase, about two miles and j [ a-quarter.—Paramata 11.11, Luigi 10.10, | • Dardanelles 10.97 Dalton 10.8, Lady Zeplina i 110.0. Jumpers' Flat Handicap, one mile and ai quarter.—Achilledes 11.9, Jeannot 11.4, , Compulsion 11.3. San Sebastian 10.8, Calma !9 8. Hardshot 9.0, Sir (Medallist 9.0, Silver 1 j Shield 9.0. 1 CANTERBURY PARK ACCEPTANCES. I I CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. ' The following acceptances have been re- ; ceived for the Canterhury Park Trotting \ Club's meeting:— Amateur Handicap, one mile and a-half. — , Deville Wood scr. Dooderall 3s, Sally Dillon J 3s, Diameter 4s, Estille ss, Miss Chancellor i |7s, Culverden 7s, Breaknot Bs, Grand Dillon I . Ss, Rose Elect Bs. Jack C. Bs, Earl Derby I 18s, Maori Princess Bs, Lady Lena Ss, Rothina Bs, Waiwera Bs, Ohirpos Ss, Captain Wood Bs, Reldale Bs. Blazer Wilson Ss, I Woodgrove Bs, White Crane Bs, Francie Bell i 9s. Royal Whispers 9s, My Boy 9s. Peter i the First 9s, Lady Esmar 9s, Friar Zone 9s, I Best Boy 9s, Herepo 9s. ! | Peninsula Handicap, one mile and a-half. ■ I —Bundura scr. Energy 3s, Emlbracer 3s, ; Partner 3s, Onimet 3s, Gold Crest 4s, I General Elmo 4s, Vilo 4s, Irving Wood '4s, I Doreen Dillon ss, Sally Brass ss, IntolerI ance ss, Full Cry ss, George Akwood Cs, Halcombe 6s, King Lear 6s, Auriferous 6s, Lochnigar 6s. ■' Paparoa Handicap, two miles.—Admiral Wood 3s. Matchlight ss, Hannah M. lis, Cora Dillon lis. Lord Minto 12s, Nancy Stair 12s. Sympathy 12s, 'Ce'lo 12s. Sydney Wilkes 12s, Whispering Willie 12s, Sashwood 12s. Dean Dillon 13s, Pitaroa 13s, Hectorata 14s, Rorke's Drift 14s, Captain Stanley 145... Lyttelton Handicap, two miles.—Huon Patch scr, Granger Is, Dandy Chimes 4s, Teter Mac 53, Silver Nnt 6s, Mahinga 7s, Jack Arrah 7s. Lady Wayward Bs, Schnapps Ss, Gold Crest 9s. Maud Wilkes 9s, Blackford 9s, Irvingwood 9s. Our Chum lis ; Erleen lis. Madeline 12s. King Lear 12s) King Karri 12s, Barooga 12s, Guyuemer 12s. Sir Gavin 12s. Stewards' Handicap, one mile and aquarter.—John Dillon 4s. Chid 4s, Trlx ; Pointer 4s, Lord (Minto ss, Snngod os, 'Cello ss, Sydney Wilkes 6s. Agathos 6s. Bundong. 6s, Sashwood 7s, Erin Queen 7s, Rorke's Drift 7s, Stockade 7s. Sliver Quick 7s, Irvar I 7s. Vice-Admiral 7s. Pax 7s. II Aviation Handicap, two miles.—Lady ij Patricia scr. Whisht scr. Gay Wilkes s«r, i , Truganini Is, Treasure Seeker 2s, Mush- : 1 room 4s, Colonel 4s, Craibwood ss, Ivan i i Huon os, Te Kuiti 6s. Magessa 7s, Miss - -X°V, na .i? 3 ' our GoUile lis, Arcadian 12s, Ben . | Bell 12s, Dragoon Junior 12s. , Railway Handicap, one mile.—Bundnra 2s, Alf. McKinney 3s. Bredalbane 3s, _ Makomako 4s, Joyful 4s. Pleasant Mount 4s, The Whip 4s. Great Britain 4s, Lady Snpe- \ rior 4s, Lady Teddington ss, Lord Ro'anchlld ? ss. Annie Dillon os, Bridgewood ss, Patsy b Dillon us^ Au Revoir Handicap, one mile.—Birdwood 1 3s. Pleasant Mount 3s. Mabinga 3s, Peter T Mac 3s. Lltitia 4s. Silver Nnt 4s, Energy 4s, '. Dillon Direct 4s. Acushla Machree 4s, c Xavier 4s. Maud Wilkes ss, Rearguard ss. 3 Tassv M. ss. Treasure Seeker 6s, Sally Brass c 6s, Prince Coronado 6s, Auriferous 6s, Idns V ,3s. ' . '