RACING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 16, 20 January 1926, Page 12

RACING NEWS.

STABLE AND TRACK GOSSIP- « i I (By WHALEBONE.) FIXTURES FOR THE 1925-26 SEASON January 22, 23—Wellington R.C. January 2, *3—Foxton R.C. January 23—Bay or Islands R.C. January 21, £B—Walroa8 —Walroa R.C. January 27, 28—Paruatua R.C. January 23, 30 —Takapuna J.C. February 3—Tapanul R.C. February 3, -i—Egmont R.C. February 4, 6—Glsborne„ R.C. FcDruary 6, r— Kuiti >..>». I February 11, 13 —Dunedin J.C. February 11, 1 3—Taranaki J.C. February 11, 13 —Poverty Bay Turr C. February 13. 15 —Rotorua R.C. February 17—Oilmen R.C. February IP—Tologa Bay J.C. February 1", 20—Wanganui J.C. February 20—canterbury J.C. February 24, 25—Gore R.C. ' : '. Alfort finished well on the second day of the Thames meeting, and he looks as shough5 hough he might, be handy in forthoming events. i j The acceptances for the first day Events at the Takapuna meeting close •vtnth the secretary, Mr. R. Wvnyard, at. 5 p.m. on Friday. I } Turn, which secured a surprise victory at Avondale in the spring, is low being trained at Ellerslie under the supervision of C. Coleman. i Suggestion's lameness, which caused ii£ withdrawal from all engagements at Trentham, is understood to have been due. to a wrenched fetlock. J Mr. Lan Duncan has sold a yearling By Paper Money from Secret' Link to in Australian sportsman. The price, it ft stated, was four figures. T m ! Magna Charter has Tjeen giving his rainer some trouble lately, and .was lot, taken to the Wellington meeting nth the rest of Mr. T. H. Lowry's orses. The steeplechase horse, Tuki, prmerly trained" at New Plymouth by rmerly trained'at New Plymo-uth by L O'Neill, is to go into A. Morrow's dharge, and will in future be trained Jt Ellerslie. I Nigger Minstrel is so far standing up -no his work, and it is hoped that he "ill be forward enough to make his reappearance under silk in the Jackson takes at the Wanganui meeting next month.

Gold Acre showed a lot of speed when he ■yon the Cheltenham Handicap at the last 3akapuna meeting. He is in the chief irint event next Saturday week, on the sime course with 7.5, or lib more than hie 'had in November, and if he i 3 in the sttme form as he was then he must be lard to dispose. J;me form as he was then he must be ird to dispose. The Southland trainer, J. A. "Rowland, Trill be taking Penury Rose up again in a |w -weeks' time to get - the ■ Grand Rational Hurdle Race winner ready for the winter season. He will also test Noble ti) see if the cross-country performer's limbs will stand the strain of a further preparation. Should''he survive a training course, Noble would be a welcome aHdition to the"; rf'ankS' of Southern' Steeplechasers, round about Easter time, afe he is a useful'- performer, and a very clever jumper. ''', I —: ' Two of the Ellerslie yearlings which Mr. Lan Duncan is offering for sale in Wellington on Thursday are first foals. One is by Kilbroney from Pussyfoot, a j\(t»ikJiope mare with an attractive p£r|gi:ee which traces back to Sir Effebles and to Flora Mclvor, an ancestress of Trenton. The other first foal, t*gp ;.'dV -by Kilbroney from Fulsome. Fulsome ;;;as:-isi«jter.; to •■ Humbug and Epitaph, to' Commendation. If i|sappekiance3 count Fulsome should mare, and in addition 4he^-asi; r nSi;: raced milch. Those who first 'foal* will be particularlvl'antereatfd'in these two lots. HavingVundergoiie. a-jumping test in public afiJHhe'Tecent Southland Racing Club summe?;fi?rturß~ r .ihe Antagonist gelding Counterstroke'-'is at present on the easy -list '.(says the Southland "Times"). It is undqrltdod thafhe will be taken in band again -'when tbe tracks soften to complete -bis -fencing education. In his race-day e/Forts on. the local course, J. W. Pankhurst's .pupil,, jumped somewhat wildly a.r>^pj3 B ;-but he raced into his task with courage and'satisfied his connections that he was well ''on the way to become a successful hurdler up to the stage where his condition found him out and caused his retirement to the rear division in his two starts. The two-year-old Ally Battle Flag has been galloping well on the Southland Racing Club tracks of late (says "Sir ■Modred"-I", and it. is understood that she will be a runner in the Champagne Stakes at, the Dunedin Jockey Club's Autumn meeting. As' weight-for-age conditions obtain for the Trial Stakes at the Tapanui Racing Club's annual fixture, J. A. Rowland's- pupil may be given a run at the inland,fixture prior to passing on to Wingaitui, while the-outing will serve to ; educate .-Messrs. Chisholm and McDonald's..youngster, to travelling and racecourse requirements. There is no reason why Battle-Flag should not be a useful galloper, as she is well-grown, good-looking, and sired by Martian from Lady Kin'loch. by Mensohikoff (son of Stepniak) from Lady Melton, by Bill of Portland (son of St. Simon) from Litigant, by Martian Henry (son of Musket) from Leonie, by Yattendon— Thyra, by Boiardo— of Denmark (imp.)'by Stockwell, a pedigree t*at. the mostVe3s:c.t£ng,T)reeder would find it lard to cavfl -at. '.'/';.'. , The- weights for the Takapuna Cup were 'declared by Mr. Edward's on Monday. The'field is not a very strong one. and in the circumstances it was only to be expected that Musketoon would head the list. He was third in this event last year with 8.7, while he occupied a similar position in the Alison Cup at M 7 T th °' 8 ' At the A.R.C. Spring Meeting he annexed the King Edward Handicap, one mile and a-quarter, with 04. Ruapapa won the Whangare Cup one mile and three furlongs, g and & November annexed the Alison Cup, one m Ie and two furlongs and a-halff'with Ho, and he has . been raised to 8 6 Muraah,, appei - a to have gone off lately and an idea as fb his capabilities will be gained after the Wellington Cup to-da Y Town. Bank is another who has failed to reprove the form he showed as a ear-old, while Transformer looks as though He is likely to run a good race for he was second to Te Monanui in the Auckland Racing Club Handicap one mile and a-half. Spoony won the St Andrew s Handicap, nine furlongs, at the last meeting at the Shore, but he ha' been placed in mile and a-half races Desert Glow may be the best of those lower : down. , At ' present Ruapapa Musk* p<* and Transformer may appea

W. Wood, who has been located with Transformer at Avondale for some months, intends taking up his residence at Te Awamutu. It was predicted at the beginning of the present season that juveniles of a "Tev colour would be a good deal in evidence in the following months (says an Australian writer). A few nice stakes already have fallen to them, and it is quite likely that they will continue to do well. Sarpedon gave the grey youngsters a good start for the season by winning the colts' division of the Maribyrnong Trial Stakes, and since that Lady Constance has further advertised* theßoi Herod family in Australia. Other greys of the same tribe also have shown some form. Sarchedon and Chrysolaus are the sires chiefly responsible for these successes, and it seems certain that yearlings by these horses will be again in good demand this autumn, though the Sarchedon representative may not reach the wonderful average of last Easter, when buyers were so keen to have them. In the last few weeks sons of the Toolamba sire Broadsword (which was bred in New Zealand) have almost cleared the board in jumping races about Melbourne. His representatives, Pindarus and C'helidon. have been to the fore over hurdles, while Broad Check, another of the family has won twice in brush steeplechases. Broadsword thus may gain his best fame as a sire of jumpers. His stock are mostly bold gallopers, that take readily to the timber, and many of them are horses of good size (says a Melbourne writer Mr. "S. A. Rawdon" yet may send out from his Toolamba stud a Grand National winner by the aid of Broadsword. Broad Check was bred by Mr. "Rawdon." The gelding's dam, Chequer. -i-i a sister to Tadango, being by Pistol from Cardinal and Black. Chequer did not come near her relative on the turf, but that is no reason why she should not go on doing well at the stud. The well-performed mares are not responsible for all the good winners when they leave the racecourse for the paddock. Far from it. When it was known that The Night Patrol would be brought to Adelaide to run in the three w.f.a. raoes arranged for Christmas week a lot of interest went out of them so far as local owners were concerned. Nominations did not fall away, possibly on the assumption that the English horse might not come across, but he did, and he cleaned up all the events run under the scale. Backers must have wished that he had stayed away, as £1 investments on him at each start yielded only a profit of 3/, which means that the tote really laid 30 to 1 on The Night Patrol winning the three races. The horse showed great form in each of his races, and he seems to be one of the few imported horses that can race consistently on sun-baked tracks. There had been no rain in Adelaide for weeks, and the tracks were hard and fast. The English sprinter has now won more than £10,000 in stakes in Australia, and since coming to this country his placed record has been: First, W. S. Cox Tlate. £750; first. Cantala Stakes, £2352; first, Linlithgow Stakes, £1116; second, C. B. Fisher Plate, £300; first, William Reid Stakes, £750; first, C. F. Orr Stakes, £415; second, St. George's Stakes, £175; 'third, C. M. Lloyd Stakes, £150; first,; S.A.J.C, Elder Stakes, £500; third, A.J.C. All-aged Stakes, £300; first ( A.R.C. Parkside Stakes, £450; second, IfVilliamstown Stakes, £100; first, Moonee Valley September Stakes, £550; second, Caulfield Stakes, £250; third, Herbert Power Stakes, £100; first, Linlithgow Stakes, £1129; first, Cheltenham Stakes. £350; first, Benson Stakes, £350; first, John Barker Stakes, £325; total, £10,412. There is a fine programme ahead for Rampion, which, up to now, stands head and shoulders above the rest of his age. All the rich two-year-old events in the autumn appear to be at his mercy (says an Australian writer). As a betting proposition he may not make a strong appeal except to those backers who fancy a plunge, seeing that he always is likely to be at a somewhat prohibitive price; but his owners do not worry about that. The stake, money at the disposal of Rampion will total a handsome sum without market "considerations" entering into the calculations at all. It is true that Rampion so far has not been asked to go' beyond five furlongs in public, but there is no reason to fear that he will be found wanting when the distances are increased. As for that, he may not be expected to travel further than seven furlongs in the autumn, and this journey, among his own ao-e should be well within his range. °A glance through Rampion's pedi"Tee should justify the belief that when given the opportunity he will prove that he is possessed of something more than speed, even though he may not lie destined to develop into, a 'great stayer. Rossendale, like other sons of St. Frusquin, generally imparts stoutness to his stock, and on the other side there is another distinguished representative of St. Simon in Persimmon, whose family 13 noted for staying powers. There are also other strong lines in the pedigree which should help Rampion when his turn comes to attempt somethingmore than a short course. The blood is there sure enough, and Rampion alone may be said to fully uphold the reputation of his sire brought with him from England. The Messrs. Brian, who imported Rossendale, have shown much enterprise in stocking their Kin<rsclere stud, and any success they achieve is therefore, well deserved. "