RACING WORLD.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 50, 28 February 1925, Page 14

RACING WORLD.

TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP. (By "WHALEBONE."' FIXTURES FOR THE 1925 SEASON. : March 4, —Dannevlrke n.C. i March 5, 7 —Marlborough B.C. ! March 7—Hanks Peninsula H.C. I March 13, 11 —-Napier Park R.C. 1 March ii, 17—Ohlnemiirl J.C. j March IT—(iniinako H.C. I March 13—Waimate n.c. ; March 20. Sl —Uangltikel B.C. j March a l—Bay or Plenty J.C. March 21, 23—Oaniaru J.C. ] March -.>.-,—oiaulau R.C. March SR. Sri—Wellington R.C. ! March 28—Matamata R.C. i March 28—Amberley H.C. April 1, 2 —Manawatu r.,0. April 4 —Hororata R.C. I April 1, 2—Southland H.C. I April 4. 6—Westport J.C. j April 11. 13—Auckland H.C. I .April 11—Tuapeka County J.C. | I _ I Mr. E. Ridilil'ord recently lost a hair brother by Tea Tray to Fool's Paradise and j black Cat as the result of an operation. i n. Reed and 11. Cray were the most successful horsemen at the Woodvllle meeting, the former riding five winners and Ihe latter steering lour. ; Insurrection is being trained again with j a view to winter racing. Though In the , rough the old fellow appears to be ralrly ; sound, .states a Wairarapu writer. j It is stated that the colt by Thurnham • Madrid, dam of .Malaga, I'rgeney and z.ara- ! goza, is a -looking sort, and has . coin.- In for a lot of attention, lie Is owned • by Mr. 11. A. ..night. i Standard, the two-year-old by Absurd—' Peroneal, has sintered from a .old lor some months post, and it is only recently that W. Hawthorne has got bun light again. : 11. Hatch has beet) appointed starter for the Heefton and I'.reyinoulh meetings. Hatch was a must successful jockey m Ills "lay. and also turned out a number or win- , iicrs when lie tool; up training. ____ I Inferno showed some pace for a while ; at Wanganul, and It looks as though he will show lo advantage in sprint races before long, lie will be improved by his [ recent racing. j It is expected that .1. McCombe Will make a trip to Sydney shortly with Siiiinv I.Ni-l). The Cheat. Forgery, Lava and Enare. He has just broken tn _ yearling llllv by Paper Money—Formless, therefore a relative to Enare. ' With the exception or Sansalino the public were well on the spot at Woodvllle on Thursday, most or the plated horses paying very short prices. bansalino i returned over a .-core. J Wilderness, the relative to slaosl and Civility, was started at Woodvillc on ; Thursday, hut the best he could do was In ! llnish second to Willow Wat. He was very warmly supported and paid about the smallest dividend or the meeting. i Messrs. Cutis Rros. are at present break- ' ing In a two-year-old by the The Are from llcatherbrae. named Dark Spot. The reason for only taking him in hand now is, j It is slated that the colt comes from a line mat improve with age. j Taunaha. the sire or Cold Pox. riled some I time ago, but In this youngster Taunaha has I got a good representative. Taunaha was I by liemonsthenes—Mangaroa, and when trained by 0. Jones showed a fair amount ! of speed. | Esthonia when at his best is a fairly | good horse, and arter running second to • Imperial Spark at Woodvillc on the Ilrst j day. came out and won the Maharahara i Wetter on Thursday. He appears to be ' reaching the top or his form Just now. j It Is stated that the unbeaten two-year- ' old Autonine will not be seen out until next ; spring. Ills owner. Mr. I). .1. Harry, of I (llsborne, has derided on tills course in ] order In give the youngster time to make ' a complete recovery from the ailment that , prevented him being started at the A.B.C. summer meeting. Phoenix Park, which scored at Woodvine on Wednesday, Is owned by Mr. T. 11. I.owry, and this Is his Ilrst' success He did not begin too well, hut berore hair the distance, was covered he was with ihe leaders and won easily by three lengths. 11. Gray was in the saddle, and Phoenix Park was a short-priced favourite. j Lipsol was noticed at Wanganul nntshing I on. and the son of Kllbronev duly landed I a stake at the Woodvillc meeting. He won an event at Levin In the spring, and also scored In two races at the Manawatu summer meeting, while he has been placed on other occasions this season. Lipsol' Is now out of back company. [ Pencils, the winner of the C..T.C. Stewards' Handicap, won the Ruahlne Handicap i at Woodvillc on Wednesday, and finished second to Ilka at the same meeting on ' Thursday. He was ridden by ||. Gray on ' the first day. and after allowing Ilka to i make the pace to the distance got up to . score by a nick. Pencils has some pare i and can carry weight. ! It Is stated that an inquiry was recently made Tor the purchase or Apple Dlghtoii but inoogs was asked and no business resulted. Apple Dlghton won a double at the recent liiinedln meeting, and with est In the. saddle won at Gore on We lues- • day. lie was bred iii Australia, and Is | apparently more than useful. Oniiifire, which won at Wnodville on Wednesday, Is a" four-year-old (reldintr by Campllre—Lady I'lilan. lie had run well at the recent Taranaki meeting, finishing . fourth, and apparently on Mils showing he : was solidly supported on Wednesday. He jumped cut in front and led all the way, i winning by four lengths. I Mountain Lion won the Raring Club Handicap at Gore on Wednesday, beating Klll'ane, Ciipidon and Geranial, the only j other starters. He had shown up well iii : the nunedln Cup, when he made the pare ' Tor the greater portion or the distance. • On Wednesday he was conceding all bis j opponents weight, and scored by six j lengths, running the mile and a-quarter In 2.0 2-5. , According to suthern reports Sir Rose- ; berry, which won the Great Northern ! Steeplechase last season is gradually being i got into shape again by W. Garrett, am! ; be will be well forward by the time the ' winter season rolls round. Owing lo ' Opaki not offering facilities for a 'chaser, It Is probable that he will be brought to • Ellerslle. and from there will do the usual circuit before the Great .Northerns even- : luate. j Ilka has shown great pace In her engage- ! ments this season. She won nicely at Wei- j lington last month, when she beat Merit I and Grand Knight In the City Handicap. . On Wednesday at Woodvllle she made all • the pace in the ntiahlne Handicap, but i had to go under by a neck to Pencils. On i Thursday she turned the tables on Pencils, j winning the Telegraph Handicap easily. Ilka is one of the smartest sprinters about. | and as she Is only a three-year-old, she should he prominent in big short distance i events before long. i The Kinloch studrnaster. Mr. J. F. j Buchanan is extremely hopeful concerning . tho future of a Martian—l'olymnla colt I which he reserved to carry his own colours (says a southern writer). The full' brother to The Cypher, which will probably : be handed over to F. I>. Jones to educate ' when the Riccarton mentor again receives ' a license, may. of course, prove of no ' account as a racer, but It Is bis breeder's , opinion that the colt Is the best-looking ! youngster ever reared at Kinloch. ; 1.. 0. King who has not been seen in I the saddle at Wingatnl for some few years, I had a couple of mounts on each day or the I recent Dunedln meeting (says Sentinel).! Ills mounts were not good enough to win. I but It was very Interesting to see mm sit [ up at a llnlsli and drive his horse home. '■ L. G. King won the fiunedin Clip of ISO?; on Lord RnMlyn, when he was a light- I weight attached to ihe late sir George i McLean's stables at St. Clair. 1.. G. King can still go to scale at a handy weight. , and he has lost none of the vigour which j marked his riding when one of the most ' successful Jockeys or the day. j Cleasanta -heated with Tresham in ' the Woodvillc Cup. but the. stewards later held an inquiry Into the boring which occurred in the, race, and after hearing the evidence found that Tresham had interfered with Cleasanta. In their opinion this affected the result, and they placed Cleasanta first and Tresham second. Owing to a misunderstanding, the totalizator was ordered to pay out on a dead-heat. Clea-■ santa has been very consistent this season. I Phe won the Grandstand Handicap at Mas- ! terton. and going on to Manawatu won the Grandstand Handicap there. Subsequently I Cleasanta annexed the Marton Cup and the 1 Aid-worth Stakes at the same meeting-. J

Lin Arlington showed up for a while in two-year-old engagements at Wangamii. and it was not surprising to see him win at Woodvillc. Lin Arlington is a promising sort. Mr. .1. B. Galsrord will prnhably have Mark Time racing at the flanglllkei meeting next month. It Is stated that the geldin..- is quite nil unlit again. Anticipate will also represent Mr. Galsrord at the same meeting. Oreum. the two-year-old daughter or Poser! Hold, was started nt Woodvillc on Wednesday and ran second to 1.11 l Arlington. This is per best performance to date, for she previously had only run a couple or thirds in Lie. Wellington Cup meeting. Rare Day and llvniestrason. the Ilrst or llvmestra's stock to race, are at present having n spell. It is slated that they have been a great disappointment to Mr. W. 11. Kemball. This owner intends selling some of the older horses In his stable to make loom fur young ones bred at his stud farm. l.afa walker! in on the first clay or the Watlganul meeting, and was not started on the second day. He made his reappearance on the truck at Woodvillc on Thursday and won easily, lie was an-odds-on favourite. Unfa i- a good horse, and lie will be seen to better advantage before the season closes. After his showing at Wanganul it was thought that it would not be long before Imperial Spark saluted the judge, and he did so at his next outingthe President's Welter at Woodvillc on Wednesday. Imperial Spark is pool up to a mile, and will he hard to dispose of In ruturc engagements. TURF TALK FROM THE SOUTH. WELLINGTON. (Ily Telegraph. —Special lo "Star."! YVKLL-INGTON, Friday. The Woodvillc meeting was a great one for punters, for with the exception or sausiiliiin well-bucked horses won throughout. Willi regard I" the above mentioned horse, although he paid nearly £'_"., he was nut neciertod altogether by a number of the regulars who ventured small amounts on the strength of hi- good recent form behind tin- placed horses in various races. Mr. 11. A. Mckenzie bad a further run of luck, winning the big race each day. Cleasanta no doubt would have won the Wuodville i.up with a lair run. As it was she dead-heated Willi Tresham, and the stewards decided after hearing evidence that Tresham had Interfered with Cleasanta sulllcieiltly to cost her the race, in addition, the mare was in trouble twice in Ihe early stages. she appreciated the. splendid track condition-. Clarinda, which won the principal' handicap the second 'lav. Is a smart three-year-old nilv by I. ilt.rone.v lioin mark Ada. she owed illlicll to the handling ..r W. 11. Jones, the Auckland light weight, who came the shortest way home in the straight. Tresham ran very dangerously in each of his races, although gaining second place each day. When pressure was applied he pored out repeatedly and Harry made desperate efforts on the second day to keep him straight. Had Tresham run kindly he would have beat >n Clarinda. Ilka, the stablemate or Tresham. on the contrary ran two genuine races. ponus carried too many guns for her on the tlrst day. hut with a pull In the weights she reversed positions with him on Thursday. albeit pencils was not handled with so much dash as on the first day. Mr. .1. A. Taylor, or Wellington, who owns both Tresham and Ilka thus had the rather exasperating luck of one first and three seconds. The jockeys Boy need and 11. Gray had •matters more or less their own way at Woodvillc. need rode five winners and three seconds, and Cray four llrsts and two seconds in the 14 Oat races decided. Walmatoa ran two good races at Woodvillc and should not have been beaten on the second day. for A. 11. Run thought he bad the race won. when sung camp. desperately ridden by E. Copestake. got up in beat him by a narrow margin. Walmatoa has developed Into a fast, clean, jumper, but possibly he will not stay too well. Serene should have won the maiden on the opening day at Wnodville. Cray get lost in the shufTle and had the chestnut all over the place, it was a different story ihe spcond day but despile Cray's de--perale errnrtp. Sansallno outstayed Serene. llov Herd rode niilllllre. the winner of the maiden on the ilrst day. Quillflre Is a smart hark by Campllre. balling from New Plymouth. I.'Ariiiiuir, Crown Gem and Te Kuri all went very fair races at Woodvillc. the last-named In particular looking like a very early winner. The Aucklander Esthonia was a little lucky to win at Woodvillc. He received a fortunate opening at the turn and Just at the same moment both Crown .let and Mantilla were stopped. Martulla very badly. With any luck at all Martulla would have beaten the Aucklander. Birthmark ran two very good races at Woodvillc. If 'at all well ridden at Dannevirkc or Napier Park lie should be very hard to beat. flafa carried his 10.0 and cantered in at Woodvillc. He is now out of hacks but should held his own in open company. He Is a bad horse at the harrier and with a less experienced horseman than Cray, will be almost unmanageable. Zaza was on the course at Wnodville bin was scratched at the eleventh hour owing to an error in bis nomination with regard to his trainer. It is understood that he had been backed all over the l'oiuinlon on the strength of a phenomenal gallop prior to leaving home, II would have had to be phenomenal to have beaten Kara. 7.a/.a is a horse that has been much discussed, bin It Is unlikely that much more will be seen or him on a racecourse. Orcnm was very unlucky In the two-year-oil race ilie tlrst day at Woodvillc. Willi a heller run she would have been the winner instead el' Lin Arlington. There was a wonderrul Mulsh for this race, for I. in Arlington, Oreum, standard, Kaltl, butterscotch and llerlnthla were spread across the course practically in line. I.ln Arlington winning by a head (rom the deadheal. Oreum and Standard, and then a head away came the other three. On the second (lay I.alti won convincingly from Herinthia. who Is not quite seasoned enough vet to see out live furlongs. Butterscotch, a line raking filly by Heather Mixture from barley Sugar, will probably be the best, of the lot later on. At Woodvillc she lost her races by missing the Jump out each day. V. Higgotl. the Opaki iralr.rr. continued his good run. He scored a Ilrst and second with Lipsol, a win with Impel in) spark, and a second with Wilderness, these being his only starters. In the absence or Mr. .1. E. Henrys at Nelson. Mr. W. Hus-eli framed th» handicaps the second day at Woodvillc and obtained some remarkably good racing, lie will act in a similar capacity at the liannevlrke meeting. Tr-Mil-iain horses. although in small number.- at Nelson, did fairly well. Master Sandstone won the open sprint and the disappointing All Gold, alter a long run of non-success, won a minor race. CANTEUBI'm". (By Telegraph.— "pedal to "Star.") CIIBISTCIIL'BCII, Friday. Training operations at Illccarton are still quiet, but now the acceptances have been declared for the Hanks Peninsula Racing Club's meeting next Saturday matlers should liven up considerably. The Ileitis In all the events at the llxture i mentioned are good with one exception. ' That is the Forsyth Flying Handicap, |n I which only live have had their engagements continued, bain Owl, Will Oakland, and Feriuo will have an advantage over Many Kittle and Moorland by having raced at Illccarton last Saturday, but the two to which exception has ij.-eu made are such brilliant customers mat even without racing condition they ran nr depended upon to do their part well. Many Kittle has shown all his old time speed in bis work lately and should he not pay a dividend next Saturday can be ticked en" I as an early winner. 11. Emerson has taken the Ciarenccux mare Hoadlcea in hand again, but it will be late iii the autumn before she sports .-ilk. Kn Route'- infirmity, which followed after lie \V"ii at Ittcarl'in last Saturday, is likciv to keep him oT tie -,-, .- for some lime. II" is Improving but is not llkeiv to appear iii public again before Hie winter, when lie may again contest sum; of the big hurdle .vents. Not much is beinjr asked of Limelight lust now. and Footfall and Sparklig.it from the same stable tic Living- an ca.y time too. ,1. McCombe has nominated all his team. consisting of Sunny Loch. Lava. Enare. The Cheat and Forgery, for the Waimate meeting. He lias them going along nicely In their work thon_.li so far they hive not been stepped out at top and will not take part at the above fixture unless rain rails in the interim. The acceptances Tor the Ranks peninsula Racing Club must be nearly a record for the club, and with good class horses competing the meeting should go down as one J.I the best In the club's history.