RACING WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 260, 30 October 1920, Page 13

RACING WORLD.

CBy WHALEBONE.)

RACING FIXTURES. Nov. «. 10—Auckland Racine Club. Nov. 17 -Hnrowhenua Racing Olub Nov. 17, ]S--\Vlnton Jockey Club. Nov. .>, 2-I—Takapuna Jockey" Ciiib. Nov. Dii I—otahuhu Trottlns Club. ANS\Vi;i!S TO CO.IIRKPI'OMiENTS. WAGK.ti illamlltwil.—-Demolii- le,l for ;i few lurlungs, and thon llnmile Mtiid J" 1 "" ,1 li"". I lie pair rai-lne together pa«siiur :hc .-land, with listland lasi. Bonnie MiiM took cburgp pving out of tlm .s-.-r.iia-ht. :md w.is never aftenvards 1.1-ji-li"l, beating 'KsilniKi l>y a lcngih. Albert flliig Is now on>> of Iho first fßiii-lvx iv the Suuth fur ilio N.z. Trotting Cup.

i". Hammond Is now at Kllerclte with Jutland, which claims engagement ai the A.R.C. Spring Meeting.

The CaulflcM Cap won by Knrythmie wns worth thl* year to I lie winner .£SOOO and n sold cup of the value of £100.

Jovial, the winner of the Maiden Scurry st the Poverty Bay meeting on Thursday, Is a gelding hy Merry Moments—Sanguine. LHs success was well anticipated.

Waipawa meeting- is n four-year-old mare by Finland fr'ini Cantata, and is a dose relative to the food sprinter Will Oakland.

Evidently Mr. Taltley is not disheartened, wirh the performance of Glen Canny at, Trentham. for nhe son of ristol has t>«en taken on to Rlcctirton to fuliil his engagements at the C..1.C. Spring ■.Meeting.

After she won :n I?:indwi,-k. A. Asprey rlispoeed of Forward and she is to race in Australia. The price at which Ihe daughter of Advance is said to have rbanged hands was 3ootrns. '

Mr. \V. i\ Ring brought" Ruatnra to TDllorplio <in Wednesday, <iud the son of Elysian li.ns' be-on handed over to ,A. MelAulay, wlwi has chariro of other horses owned by >ilr. Troufbei'k.

Delight looked very well when she went out to contest the Xai Nai Handicap nt Trentham on Monday last, but could not act ln the mud. and was well back at the finish. The race should do her good ln view of her Stewards' Handicap engagement.

There is a disposition by some writers to draw attention to the prospects of Karo for the Auckland Cup, hut unfortunately for their suggestions the daughter of Demos-

Tho race Solfanello luul in the Shorts Handicap, on the opening day of the Wellington Spring Meeting, should do him a lot of good, and the son of Solferino Iβ now spoken of in connection with the, C.J.C. 'Stewards' Handicap.

Sir Huon, ib.T Charlemagne IT.—Femlna Plume, one of the youngsters brought from Australia by Mr. G. N'icol, and which Is now owned by Mr. P. A. Herman, was given his first run under silk at Trentham last Saturday. He finished out of a place but showed promise.

The Imported horse Prince Wlllonyx was act long Id eurning a winning; bracket, thp October Handicap at the Poverty Bay meeting on Thursday falling to his share. Prince Willoyni ga.ve his trainer a lot of trouble to get him to gallop on the tracks, but evidently loses his bad habits when it comes to racing.

Slowcoach., which was taken bnd with strangles on the eve of the C.J.C. National meeting:, and consequently could Dot fulfil his engagements at that fixture, has mnrle a complete recovery, and Is working again at. Ellerslie under the supervision of A. JuTlan. The son of TTaukenphast looke really well after his respite from active work.

Isabel, which iron the ißimutaka Handicap at Trentham last Saturday, is a three-year-old fllly by o Hallomnae— 'Cradnella. and Iβ at present racing In the colours of ncr trainer, F. TUl.r, owing to a bereavement in her owner's family. Isabel Is engaged In the 'C.J.C. Oake, and her running suggested that she is one of the possibilities for that event.

The pronounced saccees of the Waikato (Hunt iixture held at Claudelande on Monday should convince the obstructionists that it was a wise move to race on the •Hamilton course instead of at Cambridge. The attendance eieeeded even the most enngulne expectations, aiiu how the club would liave coped with the crowd on the Cambridge course with the limited accommodation i≤ a conundrum the writer is unable to answer. "Hamilton is the natural centre for the whole of the Waikato, and ttie 'Hunt Club was lucky In securing the Claudelands course, which, was largely responsible for Ihe record fixture which resulted.

During the discussion on the Gaming Bin In the Legislative Council recently, the Hon. John Barr, who is against an Increase of totalisator, permits, gave the following description of the New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse : "A poor crock of a horse, which if you give him more than a three-furlong run. has to lean against a post to get hie wind. And you have to put a spider on his hack." "Hear, hear," remarked Sir Francis Bell. "You know all about It." It would be interesting to see thp hon. gentleman attempting to ride one of these so-called "poor crocks" even after he had run three furlongs, and was leaning against a post getting his wind.

Sportsmep generally will repret to hear ef the death of Mr. John Todd, which occurred at his residence, Otahnhu. during the week. For many years deceased was in business at Otahuhu, where he earned the respect and goodwill of all with whom he came la contact. In the sporting world Mr. Todd was a very popular figure, among the many horses which carried his colours successfully being Strathavon and Frauleln, the last-named earning fame at the stud as the dam of that good performer Gold Kip. Deceased also took a very keen Interest in trotting, and all other sport, and at the time of his death was a vice-presi-dent of the Otahuhii Trotting Club. Several of his sons were prominent footballers, one, Lance Todd, being the well-known Rugby representative, who Afterwards went over to the Northern Un»on game, earning high honours and fame as one of the best players of the code in the Old Country. The funeral, which took place on Thursday, was largely attended.

At flrst .blush tbe performance of Gasbag In winning the Wellington Handicap at Trentham on Saturday last does not appear c very high class one. for & three-year-old colt with 7.2 In bhe saddle should be equal •to defeating a handicap field if he has any pretension to form at aU.. A casual reading, however, would nor do justice to the rnnning of Gasbag, but as the race was ran. the son of (Demosthenes has to be credited with a real good performance. In the early part ißonnie Heather kept Mm going, and was then given a rest, while. 80-peep took .Gasbag along, only to give •way at tbe borne turn. Tenterfleld then endeavoured to pace it with the three-year-old, but his effort was short-lived, andi Bonnie iHeathex ramc on the scene. He appeared to momentarily head the colt as they raced dffra the straight, but Gasbag cam<? again and fairly -worried his opponent out of it, to score a head victory. If Gasbag can repeat the performance ,T. 'H. Jefferd may turn ont the winner of the Southern two-mile race for the second year in succession. TIHE NEW ZEALAND OUiP. The running at the fTTeHlngton Haelng Club's Spring .Meeting sbowed -several New Zealand candidates up in lights, and i* it could be relied on quite a number of those engaged could .be written out as having absolutely no chance. However, it Iβ not always -wise to accept the running "before a big meeting, and therefore several which appear of paper to have only the remotest possibility of winning sometimes 'benefit wonderfully by the race or two they have had, "which quite upsets one's calculations. Kilrush, wJiieh now heads the list with 9.1, ran a great race under 0.4 in the Wellington 'Handicap, and despite his big .weight, is sure to be solidly supported. The- last couple of furtonsa might find him out. Vagabond was bea,ten by imartbbon in the "Wnimai Handicap at a difference of 101b, and there is now d"lb in favour of ■Imarib'bon. Tagabond stays ■well, but Imaribbon lias yet to prove his ■fTfliry In this .respect, jut -witll only 7.10 y. d>? ,sa-3dle is one «»f the probable ones. A frtXf- «*rf from iß'lccarton comes for 'V'Hrllke, ■?<& A'tght raider hae alleo friends, <v\T those', tift tfftneeswl the form at TreatKun are pi. lparbi' '■fi ace Gasbag and Im«----tohna def«iit all ifi£st -tbe? mat- *t the V cilijj£ton betKvkSas*,

SPRING MEETING ACCEPTANCES

pile following is a list of the acceptances received for events to be run on the opening day of the Auckland Racing Club's Spring Meeting:—

TRIAL HURDLES of 400sovs One mile and a-half.

st lb s t ]i, RatMin 11 9 Shollshock ... <1 1 S lr . st , ?A U •••- v 4 Oak Abb ey -no Battletlde .... ]l 4 Mary Bruce ~ 0 0 Scottish Knight 10 6 Kiriwlnning .. !> 0 Keystone .... 10 2 1.. Sabretache 0 0 Golden Petal . n 9 Hessian . .00 Gatherer .... 0 !> The Packman, f> (I Otnra n r> Silver Lode ... n v Genl. Stephen 9 _ Irishland 9 0 GREAT NORTHERN GUINEAS. One mile. Geoffrey, by The Sybarite—lrish Mist 8 10 I.istowel, by Absurd—Lysistrata .... S 10 Hight and Left, by Merry MomentEn Parole s 10 Strategy, by Martian—Strathspey ... S 10 Tukemarama. by Lord Multifid— Belle Crispin s 7 Lucullan, by Luoullus—Merry Nif S 7 Lovellght, by Lucullus—Te Aroha S 7 Landslide, by Kenllworth—Elegance.. 8 7 "WELCOME STAKES. Five furlongs. Toa Taua. by Mountain KnightFairy Gold s 5 Namutere, by Beragoon—Golden Fly S 5 Still Sea. by Absurd—Sea Spray 8 5 Mountain Gun. by Mountain Knight— Discussion s r> Tommy Rot, by Absurd —Lysistrata .. S r> Anomaly, by King Mark—Hoy So Young Tuurnham by Tuurnham— Analogy " s r> Munus, hy Wolawa— La Notte S r> Maunu, by Wolawa—Float 8 5 Loyal Irish, by Absurd—MoiramaChree s 3 Danger Zone, by Martian—Crimson Rose S 5 Smoke Concert, by Land of Song— Smoky 8 0 Silver Rain, by Mark Hope—Grand Rain R 0 Llanberis. by Marble Arch—Recoup S 0 Dissertation, by Demosthenes— Suratura ■, ~..-..-■ „-...„.._ 8 0 Lady Violet _... .~..-,_~.... 8 0 HUNTERS' STEEPLECHASE of 400sovs. About three miles. Koura — 12 0 Tahuroa -.._. (1 13 Totara Tack „ 11 12 Mestee n 11 Papatere 11 10 Badminton -.. f» 7 Lady Salvadan IT B Giadwin .—.. 9 7 Argo . 10 13 Hokimai !) 7 HOBSON HANDICAP of 400sovs. Six furlongs. Marble Slab .. 0 0 Miss Norval ..7 0 Scrap o' Paper 9 0 Aircraft 7 0 Tinohoro ...._> 8 8 'Pressor 7 0 Tlekl .„. 8 8 Accelerate «~. 7 0 Regent _....-. 8 8 Miiysian ._... 7 0 Clonmel ...—.. 8 8 Avanti 7 0 Persian King.. 8 6 Valley Queen .7 0 Miss Leslie .. -8 4 Maori Te Kalnga T 0 Monocrat .... 8 3 Vauxhall 7 0 Luperlno ._. . 7 10 Pembrey 7 0' Pepln ...__ 7 9 Cantons 7 o Brodick 7 8 Guerre a Mort 7 0 Kareo „_ 7 S Fiery Brook _ 7 O Gold Plane ... 7 8 Prince Carl .. 7 n The Gleaner „_? 6 Sylvan 7 0 Flowing Bowl 7 5 Harlestone ... 7 0 Lord Brace ... 7 0 Pine Arch 7 0 Poanui ..._.. 7 0 Knighton .—.. 7 0 SHORTS HANDICAP of 500sovsFive furlongs. Spanner _.._ 0 8 Lightning .._. 7 10 Inah — 8 10 Income -...„ 7 7 King Abbey.-. S 10 Canzonet .».. 6 13 First Salute .. 8 7 Dovelet H 12 Golden Bubble 8 7 Dead Sweet .. 6 12 Queen Abbey.. S 6 Emerald Hill . fi 11 Crowhurst ..— 8 5 Tieki 6 7 Esthonla ..._. 8 4 Escaped c 7 Murihiku _._ 7 11 Cantablle .-_, 6 7 MITCHELSON CUP. one mile and a quarter. Volo » 2 Woody Glen ..7 0 Uncle Ned ... 9 2 Ld. Kenllworth 6 12 Some Boy 11. 8 7 Tinopal 6 12 Gold Kip .... 8 6 Slr» Ralph 6 12 Demagogue .. 7 13 Rwc Qneen .. G 7 Royal Abbey ~ 7 11 Wlndorah 6 7 Tama-a-roa *. 7 5 Bitholla ._,.. 6 7 Alteration .—, 7 1* Bezant —_ 6 7 PLYING HANDICAP of 500SOVS. Seven furlongs. Spanner .— _. 9 5 Te Oro -, 7 1 Gold Kip ... HO Comedy Trtnce 612 Depredation ..8 0 Woden 6 10 Hyllus 8 8 Prince RnfUβ . 6 7 Royal Abbey.. 8 6 Pγ. Charleroi. 6 7 Arran 8 5 Some Fashion 6 7 Jutland 8 2 Isingarch 8 7 Arch Salute _, 8 2 Commission ..6 7 King Chiara .. 7 :> War Tank ._ 0 7 Perfect Day *» 7 l SECOND DAT. ONEHUNGA STEEPLECHASE. About three miles. Waimal 12 10 L. Sabretache 9 7 First Call .11 7 Lady Salvadan !> 7 Gluetanns .... 11 2 Hopye n 7 Monopole «.. 10 10 Papatere .„.. 0 7 Tenacious ...,10 !) Irlshland .. _ 9 7 Koura 913 Totara Jack .. 0 7 Argo ..»..,.. 0 7

Mr 4- T ! ro t 'u'tbeck-« 1 h n R «i re \ r .' le<l Kllerslle iir. iroutbecks pair. Maunu and Munur. -~... . ~~ ,t Wae s . cnoole d over four hurdles ?i, i iT? f Testerday morning, getting though his task without mishap. * eIUBS B. Deeley leaves for the South by the express to-morrow evening to fulfil ddln" engagements at the C.J C Snrine Meetinr b Jlcelm SAUCKLAND IUCIVG CLT'T! - 11-ii.i.Mj LLLH.

The Auckland horseman H. Goldfinch appears to have struck form again, after being out of luck for some time, and had quite a day out at the Waverley meeting on Monday, ridiug four winners out of uvc mount's. Oakleigh, which has been having n rest slnce tne C.J.C. Grand National meeting, ll!ls resumed work ngain at EllersUe under c. Coleraau's supervision. The eon oC St. Amans has put on a lot of soft condition sinrP he laf!t raco , ,l - " Q<l is ln " Ue ° rU ° r t0 slnrt „ I)re p nra tioi].

The apprentice Wiggins, who te attached to (' 'Coleihan's stable, rode two winners at Hamilton on 'Monday. Tills youup.ster should do well in the saddle if his head remains at normal and he does not get the idea that riding a few winners leaven him that he cannot be taught anything.

Although nothing official has yet been given out, it is understood that the stake in the Henderson Apprentice Handicap, run at the recent Avondale meeting, and won by Tamaaroa will go to Goldplane, the necident fee on Tama-a-roa not having been paid. This oversight was a pretty costly one to the owner.

Tp. a private letter to the writer. Mr. A. Davis who recently left Auckland on a trip to the Old Country, states that he is enjoying himself splendidly. At the time of writing Mr. Davis had not been Bble to see any racing, but managed to Ret a few games of bowls, and did not disgrace New Zealand. He aleo «aw the International athletic competition between athletes representing the British Empire and U.S.A.. which ended in a draw, and which, he states, was a^HT eretlirn boat unVil December and does not expect to be home until the end of January. _______ ELLERSLIE TRAINING NOTES. SOME FAST WORK. MACNU SURPRISES. The weather was nice and mild for trainwas fast, and in good order, was and all the fast work was registered there. Sir Ralph wa.s first out. and after trotting a round was joined by Geoffrey at the seven furlong post, the flatter getting an advantage at the start, leading hia companion all the way. though Sir Ralph was staving on ;the better of the pair at the finish, the journey tiiking I.Bl—a good gallop. Demagogue ran along five lurlongs, covering the last half-mile in B2s. War Tank pleased better than Flowing Bowl over five furlongs, run in 1.5, Emerald Hill running the same distance in the same time. Loved One sspurted half a mile from the seven to the three furlongs post in a shade better than 50s, the last three furlongs ■being left behind in 375. King Chiara and Miss Klva wtre on terma at the end of a four furlong spurt in ;>ls. Dead Sweet and Ellic separately spurted: but were not timed. 'Some Boy 11. and Marble Slab were lea back to the mile mark and let go from n. stand the former setting a fast pace, and was well in front at the finish, thongh Marble Slab was running on well and was not ridden out. The first furlong took J Sβ, •when the pace was improved, two furlongs being left behind in 27 I-β, three furlongs 39 1-fi, four furlongs 525. five furlongs 1.4 8-5. Some Boy 11. running the mile, in 1.44 3-5, while Marble Slab took 1.45 2-5. Prince Charierol ran clean away from Octoplete in a five furlong sprint. vs-bl<-h he ran very fast, leaving the. journey behind in i.s l s.

Golden Petal and Vanxnall were togefher at the end of five furlongs in 1.6, Ac.trtcc taking I.S for a similar task, but was not asked to do her best.

Dovelet jumped off just after pausing thn five furlong post, and ran the hnlf-milc in 51 2-ss, Tressor, whirh was to have picked her up over the last three, being left. Scottish Knight was not hustled to run four furlongs in 54 2-5. a distance which Miss AMiey left behind In M 8-5. Commission galloped seven furlongs, the last six of which took 1.19. Pepin ran along a few furlongs, but was not timed.

The two-year-olds Namntpre, Bonnlfl Doreen, Exchequer, and Sussex were in that order at the end of four furlongs in 51 2-S, the former -winning nicely after Jiavlng all the worst of the start. Windorah and Pendoon did good pace work over a round whtoh occupied 1.57.

Prince Carl galloped six furlongs, running foome the last four in 54e.

Bezant, with the assistance of Bute Sound over the first ell furlongs, and Tressw in the concluding stages, covered a. round in 1.54, tirlttg somewhat at the finish. Bitholla from practically a stand galloped six furlongs 1n 1.18. Esthonla was not doing his best over a short seven furlongs, taking 1.25 to cover the last six. Monoerat \rne a couple of lengths ln front of Wish Wynne, with Canzonet well back at the end of six furlongs in 1.10, Canzonet taking 1.22 3-5. Ligihtnlng beat Pine Arch over four furlongs in 51 4-5, Poan-ul alone running the same distance in 535.

Royal Irish a.nd Prince Rnftrs did strong work, spurting home half a mile in f>3s. T_a Copper easily bent Fiery Cross over four furlongs in 535, Miss Nerval taking 52* for a isimiter task.

Smoke Concert • moved, pleasingly over four furlorrgs, but was not after time, the journey taking 535. * Blue Cross did strong work over six furlongs, which took him 1.20 2-5. Some Kashionand Lady Frederick spurted four furlong's in 51 3-Se. , Jutland was ont, but was restricted to half-pace work. Te Oro sprinted five furlongs ln l.r>, Salvaless taking 1.7 to cover the same distance.

Tabasco galloped six furlongs, which took iim 3.22.

Valley Queen and Escaped easily heat Lady Chlorine over four furlongs Lv 51 --js, and a lot of others «l«o exercised. After bt-eakfast Guerre n Mort. with a lightweight up, ran a very fast six furlongs, leaving the distance behind in 1.15 1-5. Otara did a couple of strong rounds. Arch Margot »nd a companion were in front of Esplanade over four furlongs, in 50 2-ss. Munus beat Silver Rain over the same distance in 51s.

<;old Kip finishea stronger than fomedy Prince at the end of six furlongs in 1.17 1-5. Lovelight jumped off in front of Uersfliies a little past the seven-furkmg peg. running the six furlongs in 1.18 4-n, Ilerschics, which was in the rear throughout the journey, finishing the stronger, and registering 1.18. Rose Thurnham and C'anowindra spurted four furlongs In .">(> 2-ss. Avantl and Avancer taking 54s for the same distance. I-ioyal Irish easily beat N. Cunningham's Thurnham niiy over three furlongs in 37 3-ris.

Crowhurst (alone) galloped six furlongs in 1.80.

Maunu spurted four furlongs, with Llanherris and Snowdon meompanying him over the first three, the Welcome Stakes candidnie surpris-lng the touts by covering the journey in 4S S-Ss, finiKnlng very well. lstngrarch, Lady l*oto;i and n. companloo finished In that order over four furlongs, runv in 50 3-ss. • Gulanform galloped six furlongs 1n 1.21. No Mistake spurted four mrlongs in 51s. North Loburn finishing in front of over the name distance in 4f> ]-".s. rionmel and Rekntoa nnished" the fast work, spurting four furlongs in uOs. THE JCMTFIBRS.

I-ndv 'Gleu jumped -four hurdles satisfactorily.'

iLorabnrdv. yrifh. the nssistanre of MarjBruce over tie first four fences, jutrvpeil eijjht. Tiurdlcs, Ibut was a (bit careless in his feudny. My Opinion iras trieri over the small hurdles, and should Improve.

ißathita. Maori Tikanga. Ti and f;pnpra.l istephpu -n-ore in that oTdor at the end of a schooling task over four hurdles. Bnttlrtldo. n-ibich is -now trained at Kohl-mnram-.i. Jumped ifour huniles withoui mistake.

'lIxpTP. iMpstee, 'Glatliwln. nnrl dluotanus •worp sent over a round of tlir hip omintry. ■fJluptnniis st«>]>))C(l nt iho llrwt fence on tlie top of the Mil, BPttlns ovor at the Recond attpnipt. ttMlp Of otliers jumped tv-pll. Tenacious jumped the big fences on tip .flat. Toco and TVaimal sohooflpd ov<pr the Wy fences on tbe flat, both jumping ■well. JOCKEYIS TXJTTIEIP. Tj. iManson ihnd Ihls shoulder badly injured at Unmißon when Tiliss I*slle ifeW. 'hut la now profrrpssinx favourably. 'Mi/rarfsli and Williams are also gettlnc on satlsftmtorily. the latter still Ueinß lv thp Hjunilton Hospital. XBW ARIUVALiS. Amoac the new arrivals at JCUcrsllp are Sonlterina, Soot. First ISalutc. Arri Kohitp. I>pTnioj?wgue, Toa Taun, and Manhattan. The acceptance of the latter for his engagements reached tbe A.R.C. offlcp too late to «>e included in the lists. P. Darts, •with Lucullan, and *. Waddell, with Woden and Anomaly, are due to arrire this afternoon. EErWITT'S GRIA^'TDD. A Blelbourne cablegram states that U H. riewitt lhae been jfranteoi a jockey's license to December 31 t>y tihe V-tt.O. Committee. Tlie mcs»axn al6O states that Drumore. ■wliich has been amiss. Is reported to be improving.