RACING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 270, 14 November 1928, Page 13

RACING NEWS.

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES

(By WHALEBONE.)

FIXTURES. November 16, 17—Winton Jockey Club. November 17 —Levin Racing Club. November 17. 19 —Cromwell Jockey Club. November 21. 22 —Otaki Maori Racing Club. November 23, 24 —South Canterbury J.C. November 24, 26—Te Kulti R.C. November 30, December I—Xakapunal—Xakapuna J.C. November 30, December I—Felldiugl—Felldiug J.C. December B—Taumarunui Racing Club. December B—Ashburton Count* B.C. December 12, 13—WoodvlUe District J.C. December 14, 15—Oamaru Jockey Club. December 15—Waipa R.C. Becember 26—Waipukurau Jockey Club. December 26, 27—Dunedin J.C. December 26, 27—Westlnnd R.C. December 26, 27 —Taranaki J.C. December 29, January 1. 2—Grey mouth Jockey Club.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. INQUIRER (Paeroa). —Gold Rain has won approximately £1435 in stakes, £290 of which was won in hurdle races and £15 in a steeplechase. He is therefore ineligible to start in hack flat races, though he can start in hack hurdle races or hack steeplechases.

Although Diamond Queen has always displayed pace on the track, she cannot so far manage to notch a win. She has built ;up in condition during the last few weeks and is also working satisfactorily, and if she is ever going to do any good the present season should prove it.

F. Gilchrist is keeping Zane Grey up to the mark, and the grey gelding will make his reappearance at the Takapuna meeting. He has been displaying some pace in his track work, and now that he has a bit of age on his side something better can be expected from him.

It is understood that the Opaki trainer, R. S. Bagby, who rode.Crown Area to victory at Riccarton on Wednesday, will shortly remove his quarters to Melbourne, and will take a few hroses with Mm. Another New Zealand trainer, Captain J. Gage Williams, will also be leaving New Zealand early next year to again settle in England.

If Glenstar has improved at all since the Dargaville meeting he should show up in his races at Te Kuiti later on in the present month. His third to Tidal and Eager Rose was a promising effort, and if he repeats that form it will give 3pm a chance in any minor hack event at the country meetings.

If Tinakoa is in anything approach-' ing his best form when he goes to the post for the Te Kuiti Cup, he should run well in that event. The Cambridgetrained gelding is a useful sort, and now that the country meetings are in full swing he is likely to get his share of stake money.

When allowed to run along over three furlongs on the course proper at Ellerslie with a couple of companions, Catoma strode out in good style.- It was the first time that he had been required to go with any pace on, and he did not attempt to shirk his task, running very straight for a youngster.

W. Ryan is giving Valsier plenty of work in view of his engagements at the Takapuna meeting, and the chestnut is thriving on it. Valsier displays plenty of pace on the track, but is inclined to [run rather green in his races; still, a few more outings in public should give him more confidence, and when he attains this better results can be looked for.

The Takapuna Plate candidate, Avoncourt, is training on exceptionally well, and F. Gilchrist is giving her a solid preparation for the seven-furlong event. This filly is displaying more pace in her track work than she has ever previously done, and little fault can be found with her condition at the present time. Her ability to bqgin quickly will be an asset in her favour on the Takapuna course.

F. J. Carmont is located at Ellerslie with Lady's Boy for the time being, and the brown gelding will have his next outing at the Takapuna meeting at the end of this month. Carmont has added to his team Bennie and Knight Town, and the first-named will also be a runner in two-year-old events at Takapuna. Knight Town has not been up a great while, and has done very little fast work to date.

When schooled over four hurdles at headquarters yesterday morning, the Quia Abbey gelding, Abbot's Delight, put up a satisfactory showing. He rapped the second fence hard, otherwise his display was promising, and he never attempted to shirk his jumps, putting plenty of dash into his work. This gelding, who has been entered for both hurdle races at the Te Kuiti meeting, should develop into a useful hurdler when heh as had the necessary experience.

In the few races that he has contested this season Glena Bay has shown very little form to enthuse over, and he will need to make marked improvement if he is to pay his way in the future. Still, there are plenty of suitable races to be decided around the country meetings, and possibly his trainer will be able to place him to advantage. Glena Bay's name figures in several races at the coming Te Kuiti meeting, so he will have an early opportunity to make amends for past failures.

Carinthia was only put to hurdling at the Grand National meeting, but since then he has shown great adaptability in his new sphere. At the Grand National fixture he won the Styx Hurdle Race, and was placed in two hurdle events at Dunedin. He was third in the Spring Hurdles at Riccarton, but was beaten out of a place in the Middleton Hurdles. However, he accounted for the Port Cooper Hurdles on Saturday, and Mr. X. M. Samson will now have no regrets in acquiring him.

Historic raced most consistently at | the New Zealand Cup meeting, and he I appears to be in the top flight among hacks in the Dominion to-day. At the recent New Zealand Cup meeting he was second to Men<flp in the Hagley Handicap, and found the distance of the Otaio Plate, one mile and a-quarter, just a trifle too far for him. He is stated to have had the nee in his keeping a hundred yards from the post, but then weakened, and Lucy Locket beat him by a race. On Saturday he won the Cressy Welter, seven furlongs, very comfortably.

The Mountain Knight gelding, Mountain Guide, has been given a spell in the paddock, and will not be raced again until the autumn.

The effort of Count Cavour in the Canterbury Cup was an improvement on some of his recent races, but he is a long way from his best form at present.

Tinopono was fourth in the Trial Hurdles at the Auckland spring meeting, and is engaged in the Kopaki Hurdles at the Te Kuiti meeting next week. He has only to be in the same form to make a good showing in the event named.

Mooregas looks as* though he will stay on all right a little later in the season. The son of Gasbag was third in the New Zealand Derby, and on Saturday was narrowly beaten by Concentrate in the Stonyhurst Handicap at Riccarton.

Dutch Money is evidently very speedy, and was rather unlucky to be beaten in the Pioneer Handicap at Riccarton on Saturday. She is owned by Mr. Geo. Gould, chairman of the Canterbury Jockey Club, and should win good races this season.

Nedda put up another good performance in winning the Pioneer Handicap at Riccarton on Saturday, making her second success at the fixture. The daughter of Paper Money is evidently a very smart filly, and it is a pity that she has not been entered for classic races.

False Scent, a son of Hunting Song, who races in the colours of Mr. A. B. Williams, is stated to be an attractive galloper, and later on in the season can be expected to hold his own. He is a well-grown youngster, and on the dam's side traces back to high-class performers.

The Australian-bred two-year-old, Gemlight, bears a much improved appearance as the result of his race at the Dargaville meeting, and has gone on the right way since then. This youngster put up a promising performance at the above meeting, and should do better as the season advances.

Sports King showed some pace when he finished second to Arikitoa in the New Lynn Handicap, one mile, at the Avondale spring meeting in September. He is engaged at the Te Kuiti meeting in the Maiden Handicap, seven furlongs, and would only need to be in the same form to have a show.

The two-year-old filly Duellona has raced fairly consistently to date. She ran sixth in the Weliesley Stakes, fourth in the Roseneath Handicap on the second day at Trentham, fourth in the Irwell Handicap, and third in the Spring Nursery at the C.J.C. spring meeting. She is owned by Dr. H. A. H. Gilmer, of Wellington.

King Peg, by Lucullus from jPeggy Pride, is ainong those engaged at the Te Kuiti meeting. So far he has not raced this season, and last season started on four occasions, his only success being in the Novice Handicap, five furlongs and a-half, at the Ohinemuri meeting. However, he won impressively on that occasion, and those behind him included Partial Eclipse and Vallar.

Mr. A. Alexander has claimed the following names:—Chief Link, for the Chief Ruler—Silver Link colt; Alarmist, for the Chief Ruler—Wake-Up filly; and Lady Bisogne for the Bisogne—Pironette filly. The two last-named are already being handled by J. Brown, at Hawera, where they are regarded very highly. Silver Link and Wake Up are this year visiting Grand Knight. Pironette, Vivercni, and Viviloff are visiting Diacqucnod.

Macroom is engaged among the sprinters at the Te Kuiti meeting, and on her previous showing this season she as though she is lfkely to play a prominent part in the decision of that event. At the recent Waikato meeting she finished right up fifth in the Cambridge Handicap, the chief sprint race of the day, and should be an improved mare when stepped out at Te Kuiti. Tea Time may be her most dangerous rival.

The Paper Money three-year-old, Te Money, has trained on particularly well since she raced successfully on the Avondale course a couple of weeks ago. Te Money is nominated for the Melrose and Vauxhall Handicaps at the Takapuna meeting, but she is not eligible to start in the first-named event, although she can contest the Vauxhall Handicap, in which the conditions are slightly different. This filly was finishing on in good style in the six-furlong race which she won at the Dargaville meeting, and the extra furlong attached to the Vauxhall Handicap should not seriously trouble her.

Panther finished second to Taboo in the Stewards' Handicap at the Wellington winter meeting, a head dividing the pair. As a result of that showing he was heralded as the winner of the Winter Cup at the Grand National meeting, and went out favourite, but he failed to get into the money. He has also failed on several occasions since, and it was not till Saturday last, when he accounted for the Seymour Handicap, that he got on the winning list this season. The field was not a very good one, and it does not look as if Panther is more than a moderate at the best.

| The Otago owner, Mr. W. Crossah, has a couple of two-year-olds in exercise that on looks should make good when they are asked to race. They are both by Chief Ruler. One is a well-grown rangy chestnut gelding from Finless. This gelding ia built on racy lines, and a free, swinging walk suggest* that he will gallop. Finless was got by Finland from Zephyr, by St. Clair from Mistral, a sister to Euroclydon. The other is a racy-looking bay filly from Parable by Merriwee—Palaver, by Apremont. With ordinary luck they should carry Mr. W. Cross&n's colours with distinction. They are booked to join S. G. Ware's stable after the New Zealand Cup meeting.

There was a mild public outcry when Denier was not allowed to rejoin the field at the start of the Seymour Handicap at Riccarton on Saturday, after bolting two miles. He was sent out second favourite, with over seventeen hundred tickets against his number, and it was a hard blow to investors not to get a run for their money. There have been cases where horses have bolted long distances and then won, and probably this fact made the incident more unpalatable to the delinquent's supporter*. After the over a suggestion came to the trainer's ears that the horse had been doped, Mid he immediately obtained permission to have him examined by the club's veterinary surgeon, who could find no trace of any foreign substance, and , igrucd a certificate to thfrt

Silver Rule, who bled in her race at Riccarton last week, was being tried for this trouble for the last time. She will be retired to the stud, and will be mated this season with Nigger Minstrel.

Goblin Market showed promising form in his three races at Riccarton last week, and the indications are that he will be a useful performer as the season progresses. He is undoubtedly more solid than the majority of the Absurd breed, and a distance of ground may not be beyond him.

Hoylake's bubble burst in the G. G. Stead Gold Cup on Saturday, and it was either a case of the grey feeling the effects of his two previous efforts, or he was not in the humour to race up to expectations. The weight he carried may also have had much to do with his indifferent display.

The colours of the Dunedin owner, Mr. J. M. Samson, were unfurled on fifteen occasions at last week's meeting at Riccarton, with poor results, Carinthia being the only representative to secure a win, while he and Money Mine gained place money.

After the hurdle race at Riccarton on Saturday the ten-year-old gelding Pantler, by Panmure from the De Witte mare Footstep, was disposed of to the Wingatui owner-trainer F. Shaw. Pantler contested the two hurdle races at the meeting, and made a poor showing in each case.