TOPICS OF THE TURF.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 272, 16 November 1929, Page 17

TOPICS OF THE TURF.

STABLE AND TRACK NOTES. SEASON'S FIXTURES. (By WHALEBONE.) - t November 16—Canterbury Jockey Club. November 18, IS—Waikato R.C. November 20, 21—Winton J.C. November 20, 21—Otaki Maori R.C. November 23—Levin R.C. November 23, 23—Te Kuiti R.C. November 30, December 2—Takapuna J.C. November 30, December 2—Feilding J.C. ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENTS. THE MUG.—£32 16/6. ' Bahama's name should have been included in the list of entries for the Taringamotu, Matiere and Piriaka Handicaps, to be decided at the approaching Taumarunui meeting. In his first and only start this season Manly ran third to Mendip and Kawhakina in the Waverley Cup. He is engaged in the Te Kuiti Cup, and with 7.8 should be a possibility in that event. The Swell, who figures in the Te Kuiti Cup, is trained at New Plymouth, and is a capable galloper. He was equal to winning five races last season, his best performance being his victory in the Easter Handicap at the Wairarapa meeting last March. If brought up for the Te Kuiti meeting The Swell should pay expenses during the trip. Mr. R. Wootton has received a cable stating that his son, Stanley, -will definitely leave England for Sydney on the tenth of next month. It is not known how long he intends remaining, but ae the fiat-racing season in England starts near the end of March, and he has a large team, it is improbable his stay will be of long' duration. . v Kawainga, who' was railed to Te Rapa yesterday, is not engaged on the opening day at the Waikato meeting, but will contest the Waikato Hack Cup next Monday. So far this season the Adjutant mare has failed to strike her best form, still her latest track efforts have been satisfactory and she should put up a good showing in the big hack event. Mr. A. Louisson, the owner of Nightmarch, as he patted the winner of the Melbourne Cup in his stall, said he did not have a penny on the race, apart from £2 which he invested for friends. "All the credit is due," he said, "to my trainer, A. McCaulay, and the rider, R. Beed, who rode him according to his own judgment. It has been my ambiti.on to win the Melbourne Cup. No one will ever buy Nightmarch. He is beyond price." "No complaints," said Harry Telford, when discussing the failure of his horse, Phar Lap, in the Melbourne Cup. "It was a pity,', all the same," he added, '"that there was not a pacemaker in • the race, and the position was forced on Phar Lap. He was beten by a wellseasoned four-year-old, and am satisfied with my fellow's performance. Take it from me, there was a lot of truth in the report that attempts would be made to deal with Phar Lap so that he should not start." J Night Raid and Highfield, two English horses, aTe the sires of the moment in. Australasia. Night Raid has gained oudden fame as the -sire of Phar Lap and Nightmarch, while Highfield, -an older stallion wha hos had a great' deal of success in Queensland, has been advertised extensively this spring by Mrs. Buxton's horses, Highland and High Syce. And in Brisbane recently another son of Highfield, in Bernfield, won the Queensland Derby. Bernfield is evidently a, really good" galloper, as his five starts as a two-year-old produced four wins and a second, while prior to the Derby he landed the Queensland Guineas. Lightweight jockey J. Brown, of Sydney, has accepted an offer to go to New Zealand to ride for the Dominion trainer J. Fielder, who was in Sydney recently with Nedda. Fielder, has a number of good horses in training in New Zealand, and he wins his shares of races. Brown expects to leave Sydney in about a week, and it may be a long time before he is 'again seen in the saddle here (says a Sydney writer). How long he remains in New Zealand depends entirely upon whether he is successful there, and later he intends to trip to India again. As he can go to scale at 7.6 Brown should command plenty of outside riding when he is not required for the Fielder stable. V • , . " • Describing his win on Nightmarch, Reed said: "I had a good run all through, and was always confident. The race was'run to suit me. I kept Nightmarch in a good position. I tailed High Syce Nearly all the way, but always had his measure. When I applied pressure Nightmarch came away wonderfully." It was Reed's second mount in a Melbourne Cup. He rode Rapine six years ago. Bob Lewis attributed defeat of Phar Lap to muddling pace set in the early stages. "Nobody would take the lead, bo I had .tor take Phar Lap to the front. He pulled hard, and I could not let him go with two miles in front of me. I had a good run, but lie could not go with Nightmarch, when that horse challenged him in the straight. Had he been good as Trivalve he would have won." Biw punters gave bookmakers a terrible gruelling on Derby Day at Flemington, and ■ the public, following the lead of these leviathan betters, skinned the smaller books of their ready cash. Five favourites won —and towards the end books were sending round emissaries, one to -the other, borrowing big wads of notes to pay cash clients. It was the worst day the ring has had for a long time. One of the biggest of the jLelbourne bookmakers was credited with losing £10.000, and there were a number who forfeited sums in the neighbourhood of £5000. Some of Sydney's big betters had lucky days, but the heaviest winner was an owner-punter recently .in Sydney and closely identified with Nightmarch s Epsom win. He won £3000 on .Lineage, winner of the first race, and £3500 on the second winner, Green Wave. He lost £1000 on Nightmarch and did not bet on the Derby, but backed Amounis and Shadow King, the last two winners One of Sydney's big betters, an architect, won £3500 on the first two races, but put £1500 on Nightmarch. He got that back and a little more on Amounis, and finished the day nearly £4000 ahead. A lady punter won £4000 on Amounis, winner of the Cantala Stakes. ..That was her only wagering all the afternoon. Ladylike, she took under the odds, she had bet early, it could have baen £8000 to £2000. .

Paddon's name is missing on the first day of the Waikato meeting, but he is entered for the Hamilton Handicap, to be run on the concluding day at that meeting. The race is run over ten furlongs, and if the Archiestown gelding goes to the post he is sure to command solid support, as the track conditions will be entirely in his favour. The Whangarei Cup winner Sir Archie has not been on the track at Ellerslie since he raced at the northern meetingWhile being led about in the paddock after the race he was kicked by another horse and was unable to start on the second day at Whangarei. He has made a good recovery, and his owner-trainer, F. Stenning, intends resuming work with him again at the beginning of next week.