RACING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 139, 14 June 1926, Page 10

RACING NEWS.

STABLE AND TRACK GOSSIP. (By WHALEBONE.) SEASON'S FIXTURES.' June 18. 10-Napier Park Racing Club. June 23—Hawke's Bay Hunt. June 25. 26—Hawke's Bay Jockey Club. July 6. 8, 10— Wellington Racing Club. ' The Grand Prix de Paris will be run at Longchamps on June 23. Wassail, which cost a Melbourne owner 2000gns, was recently sold for oogns. In England teams of over thirty are common, but in Australia few trainers ever have that number of horses in their charge at one time. I. H. Andrews is one of the Sydney, exceptions. He now has 33 horses at his stables at Warwick Farm. In a private message received in Christchurch froni R. J. Mason from Sydney he stated that he had had a good trip and that all the horses arrived in good condition. J. MeCombe, who travelled by the same steamer as R. J. Mason, took Forgery with him. King Abbey has resumed work with A. E. Wormald's team. He still shows signs of soreness as, a result of his fall at the South Canterbury meeting a few weeks ago. but he is on the mend, and his trainer hopes to have him all right again very soon. It is mentioned by an English exchange that Colorado's owner received -9G30 when the colt won the Two Thousand at Newmarket a few weeks ago. As the added money was only £2000, it will be seen that in forfeits and sweepstakes owners contributed four-fifths of the stake. The veteran hurdler Vagabond, continues to get through plenty of useful work, and though he sports an uglylooking leg, he seems to go quite soundly on it (writes "Argus"). He will probably be raced on the flat at the Waimate and South Canterbury Hunt Meetings in preparation for hurdle races at the Grand National meeting, ln his day he was a good horse, but he is now approaching his twelfth year. The Banker has been treated very patiently since he went to Australia a few months ago, as he has not been asked to race yet. Apparently the wellperformed New Zealander will be racing in the spring, as his name figures in the list of nominations for the big handicaps, including the Epsom and Metropolitan Handicaps at Randwick, also the Cauifield Cup and the Melbourne Cup. The Ashburton County Racing Club has been content in the past to include one trotting event on each day's programme, but a proposal will be made to the Racing Conference next month to increase the number to two each day. Experience has shown' that six galloping races and two trotting events make a good day's programme -in Canterbury, and there is no doubt that the Ashburton meetings would be greatly improved •by -the' ehahge that is suggested.- '' 0 " ' ' " In Sydney, shortly prior to the 1923 A.J.C. Derby, the Nassau gelding Tarleton could have been sold at a high figure, \ but Mr. W. G. Stead declined to' part with him (says a Sydney writer). He was subsequently sold in New Zealand for 1050 guineas to Mr.= H. W. Brown, who raced him with varying luck. Recently he tired of him, and sold him at auction for 300 guineas, with a contingency of £100 on his first win. The same afternoon Tarleton ran second in the handicap in. the colours of his new owner, Mr. J. McCormack. Cable* advice has been received in Hawera from Sydney of the death there of Mr. D. J. Goodwin. Mr. Goodwin left Hawera three weeks ago with Mrs. Goodwin, on a trip to Australia, America and Europe, and his death has come as a great shock to all his friends. The late Mr. Goodwin was in his day a prominent athlete in Taranaki, and was also well known in racing circles. Volume and Avon.Park were a couple of good performers he bred to carry his colours a few seasons back. He was a member of the Egmont Racing Club. OUR BIGGEST STAKES. MOSTLY GO SOUTH. Of late years so many of the rich prizes offered by racing clubs in Auckland have been won by horses trained and owned outside the province that we are quite prepared to see the big money going south, and, in fact, are quite satisfied to get the smaller stakes if possible. This season has been a particularly bad one for Auckland trainers, and I find, in running through the four meetings of the Auckland Racing Club- this season, there were decided twenty events, each ranging i n value from £1000 to £3000, and of the twenty only five were won by horses trained in Auckland. The twu meetings held by the Avondale Jockey Club provided six events worth £1000 each or over, and the results showed an even break, three to Auckland and three to South. Only one race provided by the Takapuna Jockey Club goes to four fl--ures this being the Takapuna Cup. Desert Glow won, but it may be mentioned the field did not include any horses from outside the Auckland Province. The following shows the winner and destination of all races worth four dU " ng the season in Auckland Racing Club fe'lon.nui P pY° ha «. Welcome Stakes Lysander w- £J ymo . uth SF Auckland Cup RaDiiie Wanganui •«.»-, H(1 ,p p ££_._ s_sa Hw a _, Ha P<iicap Shirley Hastin™* G.N. Hurdles .. Landhird « s Cornwall .... De_uol l last }^ s G.N. Steeples Diek 8 Winter S?eeples Kendal sHS_ffi» Avondale Jockey Club. AvSndaie Stakes Ph-ola*" 6 " ?f a™*™ ♦ gSSST £cn A t__m UtU ttrsk Stakes &vin eh ssssr Foley Memorial Desert Glow Te Awamutu Takapuna Jockey Club. Takapuna Cup Desert Glow Te Awamutu * Divided race.

Under the heading of "A Neat *Ir a Christchurch exchange printg' lowing from a correspondent■' 4_?' maximum.penalty was imposed b B i* bookmakers to-day (Tuesday)" j* ** memory is not too faulty a newgp a _.; *' y fined (not so long ago) f or b.Jll***. (not publishing) a dividend on ~^* I heard last Thursday, broadcastJ*f' wireless, the results and divii«___ ; A every race. I may be foolish, but T U f differentiate between *ro_deMti__32 publishing dividends." s ™ ~~ ' '*-*<* T" FAVOURITES IN CLASSICS | Those who are well versed |in Australia, and more particular*. _t j Randwick and Flemington, will _»„ I that there are men who bet on a jLn scale, and who enjoy nothing better t£ a tilt at the ring. We in New ZeaW cannot claim amongst. those who .» interested in racing any man who cbull be included in the category of hii bettor? but I know one backer who religfo_,C adheres to a system of having a "po_i»» on the faourite in all classic races run at Ellerslie. His contention ig-'fhat where handicapping does not have to v b» considered, the risk of backing a W was considerably minimised; .but _T glancing through the recorda of the pre. sent season I find that the backer in. question would have a disastrous tii_» indeed, and his losses would run info quite a tidy sum. The first of the clagsicj at Ellerslie this season was the Great Northern Guineas, and £25 would, go 0 _ the bracket Queen Arch and King La. As the latter won, the backer at hart began well; but Kiosk, the favourite-i_ J the Welcome Stakes, went down properly, failing to gain a place, the winner turning up in Lysander, which was ofiy. sixth in the order of betting. The g__. mer meeting came next, and Commend* tion, backed down to odds on in tiie Foal Stakes, was left at the post, takjaa no part in the race, Lysander -*ga_j leading tlie field home. on end, Reremoana in the King's Plate and Star Stranger in the Derby, led __ir opponents home, but the prices were not big. Then the rot set in. again,backed down to a short price, wag beaten into third place in the Royal Stakes, Rapine went down to • Count Cavouf in the Clifford Plate, aikL/fa make the job complete, the favourites ia the three classics at the a' ii _on meeting were bowled over. Cat >'M, 'the firtt choice in. the Oaks, finished last, Dinie, the outsider of the field, winhing; r _n__| the Champagne Stakes, Joy King, : favourite, failed to get a place, Lystndjj winning. The last of .the . Ellerslie classics was the St. Leger, arid a Bcreao« ing hot proposition in Star Stranger w_i downed by Mask. All told, there were 10 classics, and only in three \ instance! did the favourite lead the field honij, and as the dividends attached to Eere> moana in the King's Plate and Star Stranger in the Derby were very small, the backer who put his '"pony".: ont tbe favourite each time would 1925-26 season rather expensive.. «V* -.AU i • m AUSTRALIAN RACING. THE A.J.C. MEETING. '|p ANOTHER SECOND TO KIOSK.-' SYDNEY, June 11. The Australian Jockey Club's Wjfija Meeting was concluded at Randwick yejto dry. The weather was fine, and the raw track in..capital-order. following WM , tpe results o£ the leading ' events:—- , ; AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY CLUB'S"STBBpi,i CHASE, of 2000sovs. About three mil* PERICLES, j. H. Trenoweth'g b RY< aged, by All Black—Perseis, 9.3 ..,. .1 PAY DAY. aged, 10.11 ....;.;.......I^3 JUPITER, 6yrs. 11.1 ... ..\ r ,..i... ,3 Seven started. Minterne. ajid .Pericles were prominent most of the way,- but-tii first-named raced off toward the finish, iii Day and Jupiter then put in their claim, but Pericles finishing fast won easily bj four lengths. Time, 6.28. " |S FLYING HANDICAP, of 500sqtb4 Six furlongs. . jjggj TULLULAH, W. Brunton's b g,.4yrß:/l KIOSK. 2yrs .'. ..;''! GOLDEN VOICE. 4yrs ..........v.'J Sixteen started. Tullulah . won by I length from the New Zealand, colt Eofltr WINTER STAKES, ot 750sovg. One :__l five furlongs. ;-V NIGHT HERON. E. Keys' b g,:4jM,.ci VALAMITA. 4yrs .....:.^i LUCY THRICE. 4yrs .. k ....*..^ Thirteen started. In a' fine finish Nlgß Heron won by half a length,. tance between second and third. -TnH 2.481. '"' "I EXETER HANDICAP, of 500goys.vOne.afl AMOUNIS, A. P. Wade's b g, 3yrg...'./J KALLONI. 3yrs ... • y_g MIDLOTHIAN, syrs • JJ *P*lg Twenty-three started. Amonnle, «fW occupying a good position early ~iis_ race, shot out at the distance and beet Mi loni by two lengths. Time, 1.401.—(* and N.Z. Cable.) ' '■ y. ; ______ ; -jM THE BRISBANE MEETDTG. . - . f >Vi THE ALBION CUP. .4 ; BRISBANE, June,3*l" ' At the Brisbane Amateur Turf OnVj ! meeting yesterday the Albion Cap f~* ' mile and a-quarter) was won by _w_2 , Double, Walfortis being second, u4lg ; dale third. Fourteen started, and *_•*£! ■ Double, won by two lengths. —(A. ana fl* Cable.) «* l. ■ v$