JOCKEY CAUTIONED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 139, 14 June 1935, Page 12

JOCKEY CAUTIONED.

INCIDENT IN DERBY. BAHRAM RETIRED TO STUD. I (Ilpceived 12 noon.) ' LONDON, Juuc 13. • j The "Racing Calendar" announces that i : the Epsom stewards interviewed H. Wragg . regarding the pulling out of Theft in j order to let Bahrain uirough during the I running of the Derby.. They pointed out I the rule providing that every horse shall run on its merits, whether or not thej owner is running another horse in the race. Wragg admitted the offence and the stewards cautioned him, adding that disregard of the rule in future by any jockey would be severely dealt with. Bahrain will not be racing in 1930. He is already advertised for stud duties. Both Bahrain, winner of the Derby, and Theft are owned by H.II. Aga Khan. STABLE AND TRACK NOTES. AUSTRALIAN TRIP UNLIKELY. H. Rama, who has been at Ellerelie since the Great Northern meeting, left for Riecarton on Wednesday night with Horowhenua and Free Air. Both have been eore since racing here, and it is unlikely that the trip to Australia will be undertaken. DID NOT MAKE TRIP. The rising two-year-old Desert Chief was finally left out of S. G. Ware's team for Australia and his:, place taken by Autumn I Wind. Southern reports stale tiiat Desert I Chief is growing into a big colt, who will require plenty of time to gather strength, I and hence it was decided to leave him at ! home. RESUMED RACING LAST WEEK. Hinepuni, now six years old, made a reappearance at Foxton on Saturday after being off the scene since she was a two-j'ear-old, when she ran a couple of seconds on the Taranaki circuit. Se is an Acre mare, and is now held on lease by the Foxton trainer F. Robinson from Mr. F. Calvert, the owner of Refresher. BEATEN IN BOTH CONTESTS. After his good second to Refresher on the second day at Levin, Dick Whittington appeared to possess a good chance of winning a hack race at l'oxton (says a southern writer). He was saddled up twice at that meeting last Saturday, but failed to run into the money on either occasion. This horse can gallop when in the mood, but he is far from being reliable. LOCATED AT TAKANINI. C. Goodall, better known as a trainer of trotting horses, is now located at Takanini. where he has charge of Moorwyn, an aged gelding by Tornado from Tinkling Cymbals. Moorwyn has no recent form to his credit, though he was in the money twice last season. His best effort was registered at the Woodville summer meeting, where he dead-heated for first with Aruuline in the Novice Stakes. GAY SHEILA IN WORK. Gay Sheila, one of the best three-year-olds of her age, is in steady work on the beach at Waihi and is reported to be progressing well. If she continues to train on as at present a decision will shortly be made as to whether she will accompany Gay Blonde and Co. to Sydney next month. At her best Gay Sheila is a brill in ni galloper, but she" met with an accident twelve months ago on her owner's property at Ngatea and has not raced this season. ~ FAILED TO REPEAT FORM. When Kilmuir finished second to Booklaw in the Penrose Hurdles on the first day of the Great Northern meeting his form was encouraging, but he failed to repeat it in his subsequent starts at the meeting. He is a good jumper, who stays on fairly well, and it is just possible that the heavier going on the last two days did not suit him. However, Kilmuir ha.* not had a great deal of experience as a jumper and better results can be expected of him later on. RAN TWO GOOD RACES. The Kilbroney gelding Jewelled Girdle ran a couple of solid races at the Great Northern meeting, and , the_ first time he repeats that form he will be hard to beat in similar company. This hack has not yet won a race, but he is now at the right age to stand up to plenty of hard work, and, summed -up on last week's form, his prospects appear good. Jewelled Girdle comes from a family that has proved their ability to gallop in heavy ground, and that will be somewhat in his favour during the next few months. A DERBY CANDIDATE. Legatee, by Posterity from Motley, was one of the best of this season's two-year-olds, and he showed good form when he ran third to Young Idea and Garrio in the Australian Jockey Club's Sires' Produce Stakes at Easter, finishing strongly, from a long way back. He suffered from trouble in his mouth during his visit to Sydney, but he has made a good recovery. He is now doing well in his work at Awapuni, and another Sydney trip is in view for the spring, when he may prove himself a worthy representative of the Dominion in the Derby at Randwick. EXTRA DAYS WANTED. The number of days of racing in tin Dominion each season is limited to 240 The list of dates submitted by clubs t( be considered by the Dates Committee o the Racing Conference in July disposei of 238 of these days. In addition, fourteer clubs have applied for extra days of rac ing. The applications of the Stratforc (cwo days), Carterton, Marton, Waverley Taranaki, Westland, Waikouaiti and Grey mouth Clubs have been recommended b> the respective district committees, while ir the cases of Rotorua (two days), Matamata, Waipa, Franklin and Rotorua and the Bav of Plenty Hunt and Maramarusi Hunt Clubs the district committees have made no recommendations. HACK CONDITIONS. The hack qualification provided in the Rules of Racing is that a horse shall not have won a race of the value of £250 or races of the collective value of £500. Last year the Canterbury Jockey Club introduced a remit at the Racing Conference to reduce these amounts to £200 and £400 respectively. The 'proposal received strong support, but it was defated by a very narrow margin, under the rule which made it necessary to secure a three-fourths majority. ' Undeterred by this result, the Canterbury Jockey Club gave the scheme a practical demonstration by replacing "hack" races by others under its own "special conditions," based on the reduced qualification (says the Christchurch "Times"). The/ plan worked well and some other clubs followed suit, with equally satisfactory results. The main argument in favour of the change was that with reduced stake values horses took too long to work their way out of hack class, but this object was achieved more rapidly under the Canterbury Jockey Club's altered qualification. There was an automatic building up of fields in open events, there being plenty of new horses coming along to ensure success in the , hack races. The greatest tribute that the innovation could receive, following on its adoption by other clubs, is that the executive committee of the conference has shown its approval with a remit in a similar direction to be discussed next month. This should suffice for a successful vote. The Auckattd Racing Club will bring down a projosal next month to include the following lew rule relating to hacks: "A hack race is a race in which any horse is debarred from entry by reason of Ins winnings having amounted to a sum specified under the conditions of the race, and the word hack used in the title of any race shall be deemed to indicate that it is a hack race." This proposal is open to objection. It seems to leave it to a club to make its own definition of a hack," and it may leave the way open, at times, to disputes after a race. Any club which desires to provide races for horses under a narrower restriction than the hack conditions may do so, without conflicting with the rules, by leaving the ivord "hack" out pf the name of the race. „. ■_

ON PARADE'S PROGRAMME. On Parade is to be entered for the Wellington winter meeting and the Grand National meeting, and if present intentions are carried he may later be taken to Australia. On Parade proved himself the best hack at the Great Northern meeting, and he will have to do his future racing in open company However, he should prove hard to beat in any event he takes on in the near future, for it looks as though the best has not yet been seen of him. WON TWO ON END. The veteran galloper (Jay Crest, topweight in tho Prince Edwurd Handicap, one mile and a quarter, at the South Canterbury meeting to-morrow, has been successful in his last two starts. He "won over ten furlongs on the same course last month, carrying 8.7, traversing the distance in 2.5 2-0. As Gay Crest will bu meeting practically the same h'eld tomorrow solid support is likely to b2 forthcoming for him. MERRY PEEL TO REAPPEAR. . Merry Peel, the aged gelding by Hunting Song from Merry Roe, is due to reappear at the South Canterbury meeting to-mor-row. He was only started once last season, but a few years ago registered a number of tirst-rate performances, including a second to Fast Passage in the Winter Cup in 1932. In the same season he was successful in winning six faces- earning stake money amounting to £970. Like the majority of Hunting Song's progeny, Merry Peel revels in heavy going, and it would not surprise to find him earning more money before the present season ends. RESUMED WORK. T. Lloyd has put Silver Jest in work at Riccarton aitcr a long spell. When tried previously this Silverado gelding showed some promise in his track gallops. He won the Trial Plate at the Hororata meeting held at Riccarton in December of last seasqn. Earlier he was second to Rebel Star at Motukarara, while a fortnight after his win he had some useful hacks behind him when Trivet beat him by a head at Oamaru. He failed in three races early this season, but if he trains on he should be a good prospect for the spring. Tout le Monde has be'.'ti on the easy list since Easter, but Lloyd has him doing light exercise again as a preliminary to a resumption of'strong work. There is no doubt about his ability to gallop, but, though he has run some good races, his form has not been up to what he has shown on the training tracks. DOUBLE MACHINE. Within three months there will be operating in Sydney the only machine totalisator for doubles bets in Australia, said the secretary of the Ascot Racing Club (Mr. E. L. Johnson) last week. The extraordinary totalisator dividend of £775 12/ for 5/. received by a woman, the only investor, in Brisbane recently, originated inquiries on prospects for machine doubles in Sydney. Mr. Johnson said that totalisator doubles in other States were made available on a chart or blackboard system. A costly machine was now in the Leger tote house nt Ascot waiting to be assembled, and the public would be permitted to inspect it. Plans were nearly ready for a building to accommodate the machine at Ascot. The site had not been determined, but it would be between the paddock and Leger, and might be an extension of the jresent Leger building towards the padlock. Eight sets of 50 combinations—that is, 400 doubles combinations—would be provided; The machine would deal with up to 20 starters in each of two races. An indicator would exhibit the number of tickets on each double, and the public would have an idea of the probable dividend. Doubles would bo available on consecutive laces. Mr. Johnson said that the Government had given its approval to the machine.